For the coming period, until the auction on October 6, the dinosaur skeleton will be on display in Christie’s window in New York. “That way, enthusiasts and pedestrians can learn from one of the most iconic dinosaurs from a distance,” says a researcher at the auction house.
Complete copy
It is one of the most complete skeletons of a tyrannosaurus, which lived 67 million years ago.
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The dinosaur’s bones were first discovered in 1987 by an amateur paleontologist named Stan Sacrison, after whom the animal was named. At first it was thought that it was a triceratops. Excavation resumed in 1992. It took 30,000 hours to get the complete skeleton above the ground, reported CNN. A total of 188 bones were found.
Broken neck
‘Stan’ was almost 4 meters high and 12 meters long. The tyrannosaurus would have broken its neck, a study of the bones showed. Researchers have also discovered that he sustained injuries to his ribs, among other things, in a fight with another dinosaur, probably one of its kind.
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