The study suggests T. rex fossils sell anywhere from $1.55 million to $38.68 million USD, preventing most museums from acquiring the fossils.

The T. rex fossil, affectionately named the “Teen Rex” because of its possible age, was discovered in the summer of 2023.

Even worse, many fossils being bought privately or commercially are the most scientifically valuable: juveniles and subadults, which make up the least understood phase of T. rex development.

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. The enormous fossil was sold in October of 2020 for ...

Scotty, the largest T. rex specimen on record, is on display at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Canada. Kumiko via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Around 66 million years ago, the iconic and ...

Fossil preparators at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science work to uncover a rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil that was found in the South Dakota Badlands. Skip Navigation.

The T. rex fossil, affectionately named the “Teen Rex” because of its possible age, was discovered in the summer of 2023.

The T. rex fossil, affectionately named the “Teen Rex” because of its possible age, was discovered in the summer of 2023. Juvenile T. rex fossils are rare, according to the museum, which said ...

Details about the juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered by three boys in North Dakota are beginning to take shape, including its size, age and how its body worked.