DINOSAUR “Maximus” skull weighs 91 kg and is almost two meters tall
This T-rex skull is expected to fetch crazy sums at auction on December 9th. — UPI/Newscom/SIPA
A T-rex skull, named “Maximus” New York ; reports CNN. This is an exceptional piece since this dinosaur skull is one of the most complete ever discovered; indicated the Sotheby’s house. It could thus be sold to approximately $20 million.
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The skull weighs 91 kg and is almost two meters high. Its preservation is exceptional. It would rival what is found in the greatest museums. “Even the smallest and most delicate bones are intact,” to the American chain Henry Galiano, paleontology consultant for Sotheby’s.
A ferocious visitor has arrived at ! This fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex skull (named Maximus!) is one of the best and most complete of its kind ever discovered.
Visit Maximus in our York Ave galleries before his auction this December. pic.twitter.com/7BaoweZFGP
— Sotheby’s (@Sothebys)
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Discovered in “the T-rex Capital of the World”
Paleontologists have found the Maximus skull in South Dakota, “one of the most concentrated areas for T-rex remains” À so much so that the sector was designated as “the T-rex capital of the world”. It’s between 2020 and 2021 that Maximus was born. The large carnivorous dinosaur is said to have lived 76 million years ago.
Examining the skull, two large holes appear; sign that the animal would have fought according to Cassandra Hatton, head of science at Sotheby’s quoted. by The Guardian. But it is difficult to say whether this injury caused the death of the dinosaur.
Dinosaur remains are regularly sold at auction. Last May, the skeleton of a Deinonychus antirrhopus was found. awarded for $12.4 million. But the record belongs to; a T-Rex sold $31.8 million in 2020.