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$50 mn T-Rex heads to mystery buyer as scientists sound alarm

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Treating rare dinosaur fossils as luxury collectibles leaves them “lost to science,” experts have warned


A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton sold for a record of over $50 million at a Sotheby’s auction to an anonymous buyer on Tuesday, prompting scientists to warn that treating rare dinosaur fossils as luxury collectibles is harming research and public education.
The 67-million-year-old specimen is one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosauru

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