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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Scientists are angry over plans to sell Trinity the T-rex to a private owner

KOLLER AUCTION HOUSE/AFP/Getty

The first-ever sale of a tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in Europe could mean the fossils end up in a private collection, making it difficult for researchers to study them, scientists fear.

The 67 million-year-old skeleton, nicknamed Trinity, will go on sale at the Koller auction house in Zurich, Switzerland next month.

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