The skeleton is the billionaire investor’s latest splurge on a piece of history.
Apex, as the fossil is named, is more than 150 million years old. It measures 11 feet tall, nearly 27 feet long from nose to tail, and is an almost complete skeleton with 254 fossil bone elements.
Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel, competed against six bidders for 15 minutes in New York City to win the auction, CNBC. People familiar with Griffin’s plans told the network he intends to loan the bones to a U.S. institution. Ken Griffin paid $43.2 million in 2021 for a first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution, which he loaned to a museum.It’s unknown if Apex was male or female, but Sotheby’s said it was an adult who showed no obvious signs that it was ever involved in a fight—a relative rarity among dinosaur fossils. Apex’s remaining skeleton included fragile impressions of its skin and delicate bones, including throat armor.
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