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

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.

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 ...

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

Details about the juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered by three boys in North Dakota are beginning to take shape at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, including its size, age and how … ...

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