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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Billionaires Race To Buy $30M T. Rex Fossil for Their Collections; Scientists Fear Losing Access to History

Tyrannosaurus Rex AMNH 5027 on display at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA (Credit: Evolutionnumber9 / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0)

A rare T. rex fossil expected to sell for $30 million (£22 million) or more at Sotheby's this week rattled scientists who argue dinosaur fossils should not end up in private collections, but in museums.

The specimen, known as Gus, is one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever discovered, and researchers fear another record-breaking sale could make priceless prehistoric finds even harder for scientists and the public to access.

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