palaeontology
New York (AFP) - The first skeleton of a Gorgosaurus dinosaur to go under the hammer sold for $6.1 million at auction in New York Thursday, Sotheby's said. The specimen is 10 feet tall (three meters) and 22 feet long, and had been expected to fetch between $5 million and $8 million. "The result places the Gorgosaurus among the most valuable dinosaurs ever sold at auction, and establishes a new benchmark for a Gorgosaurus skeleton," Sotheby's said in a statement. The Gorgosaurus roamed the earth approximately 77 million years ago. A typical adult weighed about two tonnes, slightly smaller than...
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Denver (AFP) - Utah land rich in dinosaur fossils has regained protection stripped away by former President Donald Trump, easing fears that they would be ravaged by mining and other commercial activity. "Close to 10 percent of all dinosaurs known in the world are from Utah," said Jim Kirkland, a paleontologist who has explored Utah's Grand Staircase monument area for nearly 50 years. "It's pretty remarkable." Grand Staircase has a worldwide reputation for the quality and range of dinosaur fossils found. At the end of 2017, Trump's administration pulled back borders of three protected areas, tw...
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