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Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Hermzou: 7:44pm On Jul 28, 2022

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The skeleton of a gorgosaurus, a dinosaur relative of tyrannosaurus rex that lived approximately 77 million years ago, has been sold at auction for over $6m.

Sotheby’s said the ancient skeleton, which was discovered in the US state of Montana in 2018, sold for just under $6.07m as part of its natural history auction on Thursday.

It is only one of 20 known gorgosaurus specimens, Sotheby’s said on its website, and the only one known to be available for private ownership. Most of the other specimens were found in Canada, which has strict export rules prohibiting private sales.

The auction house did not say who purchased the skeleton, which measures nearly 3m (10 feet) tall and just under 6.7m (22 feet) long.

The gorgosaurus, whose name means “dreadful lizard”, lived approximately 77 million years ago in what is now the western region of North America, Sotheby’s said.

But the sale has angered scientists, who say allowing dinosaur specimens to be sold to private buyers could hurt their ability to study them.

“There are not very many specimens of gorgosaurus. All the others are in museums. And one more being sold, you might say, ‘Oh well it’s only one.’ But if there’s only a few, that’s a lot of information that we lose,” said Jessica Theodor, president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

“You have no guarantee that whoever buys it is going to allow access to scientists,” Theodor told Al Jazeera.

SOURCE: https://www.aljazeera.com:443/news/2022/7/28/gorgosaurus-77-million-year-old-dinosaur-skeleton-sells-over-6m

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by dawnomike(m): 8:01pm On Jul 28, 2022
Na wa ooo... Well, it is a worthy collection

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by obonujoker(m): 8:49pm On Jul 28, 2022
Lol..... 77m years ago

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by illicit(m): 8:53pm On Jul 28, 2022
Scam

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by EBEk101(m): 10:58am On Aug 01, 2022
This people with their millions of yrs
How do they come to know this


For those quoting me please read the bolded before quoting me again
I don’t knw what you think 77million yrs is

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Kingpele(m): 10:58am On Aug 01, 2022
Hahaha skeleton becomes more valuable than human being...some of these white people are totally insane but we hail thier stupidity as modernisation ,how can u paid over 3billion naira for skeleton of dinosaur of what useful? Why not keep it in museum for posterity...before u know they will begin to sell human skeleton for 10million dollars even the skeleton of poor man who didn't even had up to 10 thousand dollars will be sold 20million dollars..werey people

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Nobody: 10:58am On Aug 01, 2022

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Anthony0094(m): 10:58am On Aug 01, 2022
h
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by NaijaRoyalty(m): 10:58am On Aug 01, 2022
Dem don start

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by gambia(m): 10:58am On Aug 01, 2022
Lol
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by habat9: 10:59am On Aug 01, 2022
All these lies sef
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Ebubu3: 10:59am On Aug 01, 2022
illicit:
Scam
a full skeleton is a scam ? Was it manufactured ?

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by princepee: 10:59am On Aug 01, 2022
Onyibo and their nonsense!
The person that bought it for 6m him wan eat am ni?
BTW who counted the years?
When people have little to worry about they do rubbish.
We are thinking of how to make ends meet someone is spending millions of dollars of nonsense!

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by FixxNigeria23: 10:59am On Aug 01, 2022
Scam, is a manufactured skeleton..

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Ebubu3: 10:59am On Aug 01, 2022
habat9:
All these lies sef
a full skeleton is a lie?
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by MrOwonikoko: 10:59am On Aug 01, 2022
Shey d mad person wey buy d skeleton now wan go chop am?

Ani oyinbo goor gan! grin cheesy

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by DUNDEEMASTER(m): 11:00am On Aug 01, 2022
So if I buy am at that huge amount...... I go come use do pepper soup undecided undecided

Ndi mgbu angry

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Ara21(f): 11:00am On Aug 01, 2022
How did they know that it's 77 million years.
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by MuslimIgbo: 11:00am On Aug 01, 2022
Some morõns won't believe because it contravenes their senseless believe system.

The same problem that told them that the earth isn't flat like their storybook claimed and it was later proven.

ChristineC:
where did the quran tell you the earth is flat?

I didn't mention any names before o, but since you choose to be a stew peed mo run, let me educate you small.

1)
1 Chronicles 16:30
Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

2)
Isaiah 40:22
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

3)
THE MOST INTERESTING
Matthew 4:8
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

4)
Psalms 75:3
When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.

5)
Psalms 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

6)
Another very interesting one grin grin
Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.

7)
FEEL FREE TO ASK FOR MORE cool cool cool

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by MuslimIgbo: 11:00am On Aug 01, 2022
Greed kill una their.

Greedy fools are hoping that whoever buys it will allow scientists to have access to it... Lol!

Why will I buy it with so much money and allow access to it?

IF THEY WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT, WHY SELL IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Who that wants to have access to it should buy it!

NONSENSE.
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Shellsploit: 11:00am On Aug 01, 2022
Amazing skeleton shocked

If them fit accept $5 million, make i go do transfer from POS.

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Kingcalls: 11:00am On Aug 01, 2022
Una de when dem born am??

Anyway... its a business investment... the buyer will certainly hand it over to a museum and he will make alot of money
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by LOVEGINO(m): 11:00am On Aug 01, 2022
Nothing buhari no go see for this world.
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by sotall(m): 11:01am On Aug 01, 2022
cool

That was damn cheap.

That thing is scarce than gold

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by Rugaria: 11:01am On Aug 01, 2022
Oyibo and endless gimmicks

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by gambia(m): 11:01am On Aug 01, 2022
77 million year's old kwa.

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Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by atobs4real(m): 11:01am On Aug 01, 2022
wetin concern 9ja with skeleton.
with the level of poverty and suffering
Re: Gorgosaurus: 77-million-year- Old Dinosaur Skeleton Sells For $6m by ritzyvic1(m): 11:01am On Aug 01, 2022
Ara21:
How did they know that it's 77 million years.

It's called carbon dating
They measure the quantities of different carbon isotopes
Since the rate of decay is constant and known, they can calculate the time the skeleton was formed.

Now, do you love science?

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