Meet 'Gus', the world's most expensive Tyrannosaurus rex
The sale price of the 67 million-year-old fossil exceeded the previous record set by a stegosaurus in 2024.
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The sale price of the 67 million-year-old fossil exceeded the previous record set by a stegosaurus in 2024.
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