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Rare T. Rex skeleton expected to fetch $5.6- $8.9 million at Zurich auction
The 293 T rex bones, assembled and erected into a growling 11.6-meter-long and 3.9-meter-high posture, are expected to fetch 5 million- 8 million Swiss francs.
Published on Apr 18, 2023 02:37 PM IST
AP |
Rare T-Rex skeleton to go under the hammer in Switzerland
"The name of this skeleton is ‘Trinity’, because it's built out of three individuals and all were found in the U.S.," said Cyril Koller, owner of the auction house conducting the sale.
Published on Mar 29, 2023 08:58 PM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Bones of Tyrannosaurus rex cousin found by British fossil hunters
The new dinosaur, which has been named Vectaerovenator inopinatus, lived in the Cretaceous period 115 million years ago and was estimated to have been up to four metres long, the palaeontologists said.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 12:24 PM IST
London | Reuters | Posted by Saumya Sharma
Tyrannosaurus rex found in Canada in 1991 is world’s biggest
While the giant carnivore’s skeleton was discovered in 1991, paleontologists spent more than a decade just removing the hard sandstone that covered its bones.
Updated on Mar 23, 2019 06:28 PM IST
Montreal | Agence France-Presse
Fossil-rich Portugal gets dinosaur theme park and outdoor museum
Portugal is the self-proclaimed “dinosaur capital” of Europe thanks to an abundance of dinosaur fossils. Now, tourists can visit a new theme park that features 120 large-scale reproductions of 70 different species and is spread over 10 hectares.
Updated on Jul 19, 2018 11:59 AM IST
Agence France-Presse | HT Correspondent
Skeletons and scares: This Dino Park in Portugal has over 120 dinosaur models
Imported from Germany, the resin statues in Dino Park are dotted throughout a forest route guiding budding palaeontologists through the eons when dinosaurs stalked the Earth.
Updated on Jul 18, 2018 06:19 PM IST
Agence France-Presse, Portugal | Agence France-Presse
Dinosaur skeletons become trendy interior design objects. Two on sale in Paris soon
The fossil market is not just for scientists anymore. Hollywood actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicolas Cage are fans of outsize prehistoric ornaments.
Updated on Apr 10, 2018 12:01 PM IST
Agence France-Presse, Paris | HT Correspondent
Dinosaur footprints believed to be 170 million-year-old found in Scotland
The footprints, left in a muddy, shallow lagoon, about 170 million years ago in Isle of Skye are helping the researchers build a more accurate picture of an important period in dinosaur evolution. This is the second discovery of such footprints on the Scottish island.
Published on Apr 03, 2018 05:02 PM IST
Press Trust of India, London | HT Correspondent