A composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named Trinity sold for $6.1 million in a rare auction in Switzerland. The 12.8-foot high skeleton is made up of bones from three different T-rexes estimated at 65 to 67 million years old.
A composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton called Trinity, made up of bones from three different T-Rexes, sold for 5.5 million Swiss francs in a rare auction on Tuesday.
The skeleton was put up for sale by an anonymous US private individual and had been expected to fetch between five and eight million Swiss francs.Auctioneer Cyril Koller said it was the third T-Rex skeleton ever sold at auction, and the first in Europe. The sites are known for the discoveries of two other significant T-Rex skeletons that have gone to auction.
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