Swiss auction house Koller Auctions on Wednesday let the public peek at TRX-293 Trinity, a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton going on auction on April 18.
TRX-293 Trinity, so named due to its 293 bones, will be publicly displayed in Switzerland until April 16.TRX-293 Trinity is the third T. rex skeleton to be auctioned following the $8.4 million sale of Sue in 1997 and the $31.
8 million sale of Stan in 2020. Trinity is the first such specimen to go to auction in Europe.The skeleton measures 12 feet 9 inches in height and 38 feet long. It’s made of parts from three fossils found in the United States.
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