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T-rex skeleton Gus could fetch record $43 million
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Jurassic Art Jam and more at the Johnson City Library
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (201+ words) Kingsport Times News Here's a look at what is happening this week at the Johnson City Public Library LIBRARY NEWS The library's board of directors will meet Tuesday at 4:30 p.m in the library's Jones Meeting Center Board meetings are open…...
Meet the animals that breathe through their skin, gut, and more
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Tyrannosaurus rex "Gus" Shatters Records, Becoming Most Expensive Dinosaur Fossil Ever Sold
16+ hour, 18+ min ago (175+ words) "Gus" - A Mounted Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton. Late Cretaceou. (Mathew Sherman/Sotheby’s) Gus was unearthed in 2021 on a remote ranch in Harding County, South Dakota. The dinosaur takes its name from Gary "Gus" Licking, the late cattle rancher who owned the…...
Asteroid impact may have reshaped tuna evolution alongside dinosaur
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (422+ words) A long-standing idea proposed that the 66-million-year-ago asteroid impact that ended non-avian dinosaurs—along with many large marine predators—opened an ecological space for the rapid rise of tuna-like hunters. In this scenario, surviving seas were quickly refilled by fast,…...
Hope for 'unique and iconic' platypus ahead of annual surveys
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In Santa Cruz, scientists found a 150-million-year-old fossil plant with such rare preservation that it seems to freeze a piece of the plant world that existed when dinosaurs ruled Earth
10+ hour, 21+ min ago (962+ words) A 150-million-year-old fossil plant from Argentina preserves cells in stunning detail, revealing life in Jurassic Patagonia. By Adrian Villellas · Editorial process A fossil plant found in southern Argentina is giving scientists a rare look at life in Patagonia when dinosaurs…...
Gus the $50m T-rex breaks dinosaur fossil sale record at New York auction
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (662+ words) Wednesday, 15 July 2026 15:09 A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton has become the most expensive dinosaur fossil sold at auction after an unidentified buyer paid more than $50m (£37.3m) for it. The T-rex, named Gus after cattle rancher Gary 'Gus' Licking, on whose land he was…...
Massive T. rex fossil roars to $50 million sale, becoming one of the priciest ever auctioned
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (765+ words) A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” sold for $50.1 million Tuesday at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive set of dinosaur bones ever sold at auction, the auction house said. The 67 million-year-old fossil blew past its $20 million to $30 million estimate after a…...