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The First Gorgosaurus to Go to Auction Sells For $6.1 Million

The 10-foot-tall skeleton was unearthed in 2018.

The Gorgosaurus skeleton.

Source: Sotheby’s

A Gorgosaurus skeleton went up for auction at Sotheby’s on Thursday and sold for $6.1 million.

Nearly 10 feet tall and 22 feet long, the Gorgosaurus is a member of the fierce Tyrannosaurid family, which existed on Earth about 77 million years ago in what is now western North America.