The Gorgosaurus walked the earth around 76 million years ago and was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period.
The fossilised skeleton of a relative of the T rex will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby's has announced.The dinosaur was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period.The creature's remains will be a highlight of Sotheby's natural history auction on 28 July.The specimen being sold was discovered in 2018 in the Judith River Formation near Havre, Montana, Sotheby's said.
Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby's global head of science and popular culture, said:"In my career, I have had the privilege of handling and selling many exceptional and unique objects, but few have the capacity to inspire wonder and capture imaginations quite like this unbelievable Gorgosaurus skeleton."
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