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Mystery winner buys T-rex nicknamed 'Gus' for a record $50 million at auction
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (526+ words) Sotheby's said the 67-million-year-old fossil, nicknamed “Gus,” is now the most expensive set of dinosaur bones ever auctioned off, besting the almost $45 million price tag for a nearly complete stegosaurus sold by the same New York auction house in 2024. The…...
T. Rex sells for record $50 million at Sotheby's auction
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (345+ words) "Gus," a mounted Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, one of the largest T. rex ever found, is pictured during a press preview at the Sotheby's Breuer building in New York, on July 1, 2026. NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) -- A Tyrannosaurus Rex named Gus sold for $50.1 million…...
Massive T. rex skeleton named Gus heads to auction with record estimate
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (235+ words) A nearly complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed Gus will headline Sotheby’s Natural History auction in New York on July 14 with a pre-sale estimate of $20 million to $30 million — the highest ever placed on a dinosaur fossil. The 67-million-year-old specimen was discovered…...
A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (434+ words) New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators. They boasted eight arms and long bodies that extended more than 60 feet (18 meters), rivaling other carnivorous marine reptiles. “These krakens must have been a…...
Scientists say the world's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus after all | 97.1 FM Talk
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (512+ words) Ask your smart speaker to play Ninety Seven One FM Talk on Audacy Newly published research concludes that fossilized remains listed by Guinness World Records as the earliest known octopus belong instead to a relative of a nautilus, a cephalopod…...
Fish could kill plesiosaurs in ancient Ala., scientists say | KNX News 97.1 FM
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (436+ words) Ask your smart speaker to play K N X News on Audacy Millions of years ago – ages before the Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers college football rivalry was born – another fight went down in Alabama that has left its mark…...
Fish could possibly kill plesiosaurs in ancient Alabama, scientists say | 830 WCCO
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (447+ words) Ask your smart speaker to play news talk eight three oh W C C O on Audacy Millions of years ago – ages before the Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers college football rivalry was born – another fight went down in Alabama…...