The eBay listing, last updated on Tuesday, claims the artefact is 'most likely the only baby T-rex in the world,' adding that the specimen has a 15-foot-long body, 21-inch skull and serrated teeth.
The fossil of a baby T-Rex is being sold on eBay for almost $3 million, sparking outrage among the scientific community.
"This Rex was a very dangerous meat eater. It's a RARE opportunity indeed to ever see a baby REX," it says."Histology shows the specimen to be approximately 4 years old upon death. Reconstruction of the skull has been done by Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology ." Leonard Krishtalka, director of the University of Kansas' Biodiversity Institute, said in a statement last week that the university's Natural History Museum does not sell or mediate the sale of specimens to private individuals.
Meanwhile, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology published an open letter voicing"ethical concerns" that"the fossil, which represents a unique part of life's past, may be lost from the public trust."
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