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Rare T-Rex skeleton to go under the hammer in Switzerland

March 30, 2023
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ZURICH – Millions of years after dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the skeleton of a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex was introduced to the public in Switzerland on Wednesday (March 29) ahead of its auction next month.

The giant carnivore, named TRX-293 Trinity, is expected to fetch between five million (S$7.24 million) and eight million Swiss francs when it goes on sale in Zurich on April 18.

Standing 3.9 metres high and measuring 11.6 metres long, it is only the third T-Rex skeleton to be offered at auction, and the first in Europe.

“The name of this skeleton is ‘Trinity’, because it’s built out of three individuals and all were found in the US,” said Cyril Koller, owner of the auction house conducting the sale.

The rest of the name derives from the 293 bones in its skeleton.

Koller thought a private individual would be the likely buyer, although he was sure the public would still get to see it in future.

Discoveries of T-Rex fossils are extremely rare, said Hans Jacob-Siber, a paleontologist at the Aathal Dinosaur Museum in Switzerland.

“It’s not a cast or a copy, its the original. And there are very few, very few,” Siber told Reuters. “In fact, until about 1970 or 1980, there used to be less than a dozen Tyrannosaurus, most of them were already in United States’ museums.”

Almost all of the other fossilised T-Rexes are housed in museums, meaning massive interest whenever a skeleton comes up for sale.

Two other T-Rexes discovered in North America – called Sue and Stan – fetched $8.4 million and $31.8 million respectively when they were sold in 1997 and 2020.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

Tags: #Auctions#Dinosaur#Museums & galleries#Switzerland
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