It's a process that often takes between seven and 10 years for a team of palaeontologists, preparators and conservators. It towers at a height of 3.9 meters (12.8 feet). Trinity was dynamically mounted in a scientifically accurate and modern pose at a astonishing length of 11.6 meters (38 feet). But here we have original Tyrannosaurus skull bones, all from the same specimen." "In fact, most dinosaurs are found without their skulls. "Dinosaur skulls are very rare they are among the most valuable components of fossil skeletons," said scientific advisor Nils Knötschke, one of the world’s leading fossil preparators. It catapulted dinosaur fossil prices into a realm usually reserved for the most sought-after works of art, the auction house said. rex skeleton, known as ‘Stan’ saw a world-record hammer price of $31.8 million in 2020, purchased by the History Museum Abu Dhabi. In 1997, ‘Sue’ sold at auction for $8.4 million to Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. Both sites are known for two of the most important T. ![]() The approximate 67-million-year-old skeleton, known as TRX-293 Trinity, consists of nearly 300 bones (50.17% original bone material) from three dinosaurs excavated between 20 from the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in Montana and Wyoming, according to the auction house. Koller auction house director Cyril Koller (center) gestures next to the skull of the 'Trinity' during sale of the skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus-Rex (T-Rex) by Koller auction house in Zurich, on April 18, 2023. A rare skeleton of the dinosaur Deinonychus, the species that inspired the Velocirators in the movie 'Jurassic Park,' just sold for 12.4 million at auction.
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