NEW YORK — Sotheby’s announced Tuesday that the fossilized skeleton from a T. rex family member will be auctioned off in New York. It was discovered around 76 million years ago.
Sotheby’s natural-history auction will be highlighted by the Gorgosaurus skull, it was announced.
Gorgosaurus was an apex predator that lived in the west United States and Canada during late Cretaceous Period. It was 10 million years older than its cousin, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Sotheby’s stated that the specimen was found in 2018 in Montana’s Judith River Formation. It is nearly 10 feet (3 m) high and 22 ft (6.7 m) long.
The auction house stated that all other Gorgosaurus skeletons have been preserved in museums, so this is the only one available for private purchase.
“I have had the honor of selling and handling many unique and exceptional objects in my career,” Cassandra Hatton (Sotheby’s global head for science and popular culture), said.
