A legendary
67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex smashed global records on Tuesday after
selling for a staggering $50.1 million (£37.4 million) at a Sotheby’s auction.
This sale establishes the predator as the most expensive dinosaur in history.
The specimen,
famously known as “Gus,” stands over 12 feet tall. Sotheby’s experts describe
it as one of the “most complete” T rex fossils ever discovered, as researchers
recovered more than 60% of its original bones. The identity of the winning...