The rarity will go under the gavel at Sotheby's Natural History sale on July 28.
The Gorgosaurus walked the earth roughly 77 million years ago, about 10 million years before its more famous relative, the Tyrannosaurus rex. Both dinosaurs had large heads, curved serrated teeth and small front limbs with two fingers. The Gorgosaurus was smaller than its headline-grabbing cousin, but was both faster and fiercer, according to Sotheby’s. It also had a stronger bite force .
The 10-foot rarity is said to be in “remarkably pristine” condition due to the slowly deposited sediments of the river ecosystem in the area where it was excavated. It is one of only a handful of Gorgosaurus skeletons to be found in the US. The others are all believed to be part of institutional collections, making it the only specimen of its kind available for private ownership.sale, which will be held in New York on July 28.
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