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It is the largest known Triceratops skeleton, according to the team that assembled the fossil. Big John's 2021 auction price of € 6.6 million ( US$ 7.7 million) made it the most expensive Triceratops skeleton; its high price signaled increasing demand for dinosaur fossils among private collectors and prompted discussion about the drawbacks of ...
Guinness World Records claimed it was the largest known Triceratops skeleton, [62] with a skull reconstructed to be 2.62 metres (8.6 ft) long. Most expensive Triceratops sold, and most expensive fossil sold in Europe. [63] [61] Hector Deinonychus: Around 50% of a skeleton with 126 preserved bones, missing all or most of the skull
Sue [a] (stylized: SUE), officially designated FMNH PR 2081, is one of the largest, [b] most extensive, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossils ever found, at over 90 percent recovered by bulk. [4] FMNH PR 2081 was discovered on August 12, 1990, [5] by American explorer and fossil collector Sue Hendrickson, after whom it is named.
Huge dinosaur thought to be as long as three London buses and half the width of a football pitch Rawr up, rawr up! World’s biggest ever dinosaur is coming to the UK
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new dinosaur species in Australia, one of the largest found in the world, more than a decade after cattle farmers first uncovered bones of the animal.
Like all chasmosaurines, Triceratops had a large skull relative to its body size, among the largest of all land animals. The largest-known skull, specimen MWC 7584 (formerly BYU 12183), is estimated to have been 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) in length when complete [ 28 ] and could reach almost a third of the length of the entire animal.
Paleontologists re-evaluated the dinosaur’s ridiculously long neck by comparing it to closely related species. This dinosaur had the biggest neck on record — as long as a school bus, research ...
John Bell Hatcher (October 11, 1861 [1]: 3 – July 3, 1904 [2]) was an American paleontologist and fossil hunter known as the "king of collectors" [1] [2] and best known for discovering Torosaurus and Triceratops, two genera of dinosaurs described by Othniel Charles Marsh. He was part of a new, professional middle class in American science ...