Just over half of the bone material in the skeleton comes from the three Tyrannosaurus specimens, he said. Link said Koller was intent on being open and transparent about the origins of the bones that make up Trinity. Last year, Christie's withdrew another T-Rex skeleton-also excavated from Montana-days before it went to auction in Hong Kong, after doubts were reportedly raised about parts of the skeleton. The two sites are known for the discoveries of two other significant T-Rex skeletons that have gone to auction: Sue went under the hammer in 1997 for $8.4 million, and Stan, which took the world-record hammer price of $31.8 million at Christie's, in 2020. They were excavated between 20 from the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations in Montana and Wyoming in the United States, the auction catalog said. The Trinity skeleton is made up of bone material from three T-Rex specimens. Koller pointed to a 2021 study in the scientific journal Nature indicating that only 32 skeletons of adult T-Rex's-one of the largest terrestrial predators ever to walk the Earth-had been found worldwide. The sale would mark "the first time in Europe and only the third time worldwide (that) a skeleton of an entire T-Rex dinosaur of exceptional quality will be offered at auction". Trinity is "one of the most spectacular T-Rex skeletons in existence, a well-preserved and brilliantly restored fossil," the auction house said. Towering 3.9 meters (12.8 feet) in the air, Trinity has been valued at between six to eight million Swiss francs ($6.5-8.7 million), according to the auction catalog.īut Christian Link, in charge of natural history memorabilia at Koller, told AFP he believed that was a "very low estimate". The skeleton dubbed Trinity will go under the hammer in Zurich on April 18, the Koller auction house said.
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