Largest, most intact stegosaurus fossil ever found sells for $44.6m
by Nadeem Badshah from Science | The Guardian on (#6P9WP)
The dinosaur remains, which measure 3.4 metres tall and 8.2 metres long, show evidence that it had arthritis
The largest and most complete stegosaurus fossil ever discovered sold for $44.6m at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday to become the most valuable fossil sold at auction.
The dinosaur remains, nicknamed Apex", exceeded its pre-sale low estimate by more than 11 times.
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