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Rare Ceratosaurus Fossil Sells for $30.5 Million | News Channel 3-12
NEW YORK CITY, JUL 17 – The juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton, one of only four known, sold for $30.5 million at Sotheby's after a six-minute bidding war among six bidders, marking the third-highest dinosaur fossil auction price.
- A juvenile Ceratosaurus fossil sold at Sotheby's New York auction for over $30.5 million this week, setting a high price record.
- The fossil, dating to around 150 million years ago in the late Jurassic period, was found on private land in Wyoming's Bone Cabin Quarry in 1996.
- The six-foot-tall juvenile specimen comprised 139 bones, including a superb, nearly complete skull made of 57 elements, and was displayed at a Utah museum from 2000 to 2024.
- Before the auction, the fossil was valued at $4 million to $6 million, and the sale featured six bidders battling over six minutes, with Sotheby's stating the buyer plans to loan the skeleton to an institution.
- Experts expressed concern that such high prices may limit scientific access, but some argue the market can boost research, especially as the buyer may allow future study by lending the fossil.
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He keeps his identity a secret. There are only four of the rare Ceratosaurus fossils in the world.
The British auction house Shoteby’s has sold during its ‘Geek Week’ the only known juvenile fossil of a Ceratosaurus for 30.5 million dollars (more than 26 million euros), as indicated in its X account.
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