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

A rare T. rex fossil could fetch $30 million (£22 million), raising fears that private buyers are pricing museums out of the market and limiting scientific research on significant prehistoric finds.

International Business Times UK · Jul 13

165-million-year-old spiked dinosaur with ‘weaponised tail’ discovered in Morocco

The discovery of the dinosaur remains reveals the earliest known ankylosaur with extreme armour and a possible tail weapon 30 million years earlier than previously thought.

Euronews · Aug 29, 2025

'Strangest ever' dinosaur armoured with metre-long spikes uncovered by scientists

Spicomellus roamed the earth 165 million years ago and had bony spikes projecting from all of its ribs

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

Blade-like spikes covered newly discovered dinosaur unearthed in the UK

The armored ankylosaur is more closely related to dinosaurs found in China than its UK relatives, hinting at a previously unknown migration for the group.

LiveScience · Jun 20, 2023

New Armored Dinosaur Species Unearthed On UK’s ‘Dinosaur Island’

Vectipelta barretti sheds light on ankylosaur diversity and suggests free movement between Asia and Europe

Zenger · Jun 19, 2023

Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species

Creature has been named Vectipelta barretti after Prof Paul Barrett of London’s Natural History Museum

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023

Early stegosaur fossils may shed light on stegosaurus evolution

Bashanosaurus is thought to have lived about 168m years ago, according to study of fossils found in China

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022