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A 150-million-year-old, nearly complete Stegosaurus skeleton sold for a record $44.6 million at auction Wednesday. Sotheby’s, which handled the sale in New York, described the fossil as the “most complete” and “best preserved” Stegosaurus specimen of its size ever discovered. The huge skeleton, measuring 11 feet tall and 20 feet long, was nicknamed “Apex.” The dinosaur remains were estimated to fetch up to $6 million, but the sale far exceeded those expectations.
The fossil was found without any other specimens nearby and with no signs of injuries, the auction house said, adding that evidence of arthritis suggests the Stegosaurus may have survived to an advanced age. “‘Apex’ marks an incredibly important milestone, as simply one of the best fossils of its kind ever unearthed,” Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby’s global head of science and popular culture, said in a statement before the sale.
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