The person or institution that purchased a giant Gorgosaurus fossil at Sotheby’s Thursday auction gets to name it, too. The dinosaur skeleton is about 77 million years old and sold for over $6 ...

Dinosaurs; First Gorgosaurus to hit auction block may sell for $8 million. News. By Laura Geggel last updated 7 July 2022 This fierce dinosaur is a relative of T. rex.

A Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton, the first to be offered at auction, at Sotheby's New York, is shown on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in New York City.

The price for the Gorgosaurus isn't the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold: In 2020, the skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus rex "Stan" was sold for a record $31.8 million, earning it a Guinness ...

A Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton, the first to be offered at auction, at Sotheby’s New York. AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson. A Sotheby’s New York employee demonstrates the size of a Gorgosaurus ...

The Gorgosaurus — or “fierce lizard” — didn’t have to worry about being hunted 77 million years ago when it terrorized the Earth. A cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, the dinosaur could ...

The Gorgosaurus specimen was discovered in August 2008 by Darren Tanke, a technician at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Weathering had exposed its ribs in a hillside in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta.

The person or institution that purchased a giant Gorgosaurus fossil at Sotheby’s Thursday auction gets to name it, too. The dinosaur skeleton is about 77 million years old and sold for over $6 ...

NEW YORK -- The ancient skeleton of a Gorgosaurus has sold for just over $6 million at auction. The dinosaur is a relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex but was faster and had a stronger bite.