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Sotheby\u2019s sold a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton for over $50 million Tuesday, setting a record for the most money ever paid at auction for a fossil.<\/p>\n

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The $50.13 million paid for the fossil, called Gus, outstripped the pre-auction estimate, which was between $20 million and $30 million.<\/p>\n

It beat the $44.6 million record set by the Stegosaurus skeleton Apex, which was sold by Sotheby\u2019s to billionaire Ken Griffin in 2024.<\/p>\n

Sotheby\u2019s has not disclosed the identity of Tuesday\u2019s buyer.<\/p>\n

The fossilized dinosaur\u2019s remains date back 67 million years and were found in the Hell Creek fossil formation in South Dakota between 2021 and 2023, according to the Sotheby\u2019s lot listing.<\/p>\n

The Gus skeleton features 61% of the bones found in a full Tyrannosaurus rex and 75% to 80% of the total bone mass, making it \u201cfirmly among the most complete T rex ever found,\u201d per the Sotheby\u2019s lot page.<\/p>\n

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Some scientific groups argue Gus should be displayed in public and accessible to scientists, like the T. rex skeleton Sue, which Chicago\u2019s Field Museum bought for a then-record $8.4 million in 1997.<\/p>\n

The Society for Vertebrate Paleontology, which opposes fossil sales, said in a release ahead of the auction that \u201cscientifically significant vertebrate fossils should be permanently curated in accredited museums, universities, and other public research institutions where they remain available for scientific investigation, education, and public exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sotheby\u2019s Vice Chair Cassandra Hatton, who handled the sales of Apex and Gus, told CNN that the promise of paydays helps pay for the cost of digging fossils out of the earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody can dispute the fact that if these fossils are not excavated, they are lost. There aren\u2019t people going out there to dig these up. It is the commercial paleontologists who are spending their own money and their own time to go,\u201d Ms. Hatton said, adding that she hopes Gus ends up \u201csomewhere that I could take my son to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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