NEW YORK — It's extremely rare to find a complete skeleton of a dinosaur.
Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNEW YORK — It’s extremely rare to find a complete skeleton of a dinosaur.Such is the fate of “Stan” the T. Rex, a massive, mostly complete skeleton of one of the most legendary species of dinosaurs known to Earth.
“Outside scientists' biggest hopes for Stan hinge on reliable long-term access to this fossil," Greshko told ABC News."I know that scientists are hoping for a happy ending, not just for the fossil but for the science that depends on that fossil.”Stan's story begins in the early 1990s, when a nearly 40-foot long Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton was unearthed in South Dakota. The skeleton stood at a private institute in the state for two decades before a legal dispute forced its sale.
“This is terrible for science and is a great boost and incentive for commercial outfits to exploit the dinosaur fossils of the American West,” one paleontologist told Greshko of the sale in 2020. Greshko spotted a clue in monthly U.S. export totals -- specifically an entry for $31,847,500, Stan's precise price, due for the United Arab Emirates.
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