Gorgosaurus dinosaurs will get millions of dollars at auction
Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeletons will be auctioned for the first time and are expected to sell for between $5 million and $8 million. Sotheby’s auction house will place a specimen 3m high and 6.7m long under the hammer* in New York on 28 July. Sotheby’s described the skeleton as “one of the most valuable dinosaurs ever to appear on the market”. Gorgosaurus roamed the earth about 77 million years ago. A typical adult weighed about two tons, slightly smaller than its more famous relative, Tyrannosaurus rex. Paleontologists* say it’s fiercer and faster than the T-rex, with a stronger bite of about 42,000 newtons* compared to the T-rex’s 35,000 newton. The skeleton was found in the Judith River Formation near Havre, in the US state of Montana in 2018. The sale will mark the first time Sotheby’s has auctioned a complete dinosaur skeleton since selling Sue the T-rex in 1997 for $8.36 million. “All the other Gorgosaurus specimens that have been found are in the museum,” said Sotheby’s head of