🦖 Meet Hector, he's over 100 million years old, and his fossils sold for more than $12 million in auction at Christie's
Hector is the most complete skeleton of Deinonychus antirrhopus ever found,The specimen, excavated in Montana in 2013, dates back to the early Cretaceous period: 115 to 108 million years ago. It's in a"remarkable state of preservation," the auction house says of the specimen, consisting of 126 original fossils on a custom-built frame.Instead, it sold for a jaw-dropping $12.4 million on Wednesday.
The 9-foot-long Deinonychus, which roamed western North America, was named for its distinctive and deadly claw on each foot, says the auction house. Deinonychus means"terrible claw" in ancient Greek."Shaped like a sickle and held up off the ground when not in use so as to maintain its lethal sharpness, this claw was used to disembowel its prey," said Christie's.
The lethal talon might be familiar to fans of the iconic film series"Jurassic Park," in which conniving velociraptors kill park guests and battle a Tyrannosaurus rex. However, in reality,was a small turkey-sized dinosaur found mostly in Mongolia. Filmmakers lifted its name, but took most of the attributes from the larger Deinonychus, according to Christie's.
Hector, only the third complete skeleton of Deinonychus ever found, has been privately owned since his excavation. The other two complete Deinonychus skeletons are owned by museums: one is on display at theDinosaur fossils, particularly for"celebrity" species like those featured in"Jurassic Park," have fetched impressive sums at auction in the past few decades. In 2020, a T.
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