Millions of years after dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the skeleton of a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex was introduced to the public in Switzerland on Wednesday ahead of its auction next month.
The giant carnivore, named TRX-293 Trinity, is expected to fetch between 5 million and 8 million Swiss francs when it goes on sale in Zurich on April 18.
"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.Koller thought a private individual would be the likely buyer, although he was sure the public would still get to see it in future.
"It’s not a cast or a copy, it’s the original. And there are very few, very few," Siber told Reuters. "In fact, until about 1970 or 1980, there used to be less than a dozen Tyrannosaurus, most of them were already in United States' museums."
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