Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton sells for $47.3m at New York auction

27 octobre 2026 à 17:40

Sale makes ‘Jodi’, a smaller relative of T rex, the ‘second most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction’, Sotheby’s says

A rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus, a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, sold at auction in New York this week for $47.3m, making it one of the world’s most expensive fossils.

The skeleton, named “Jodi” after the person who found the remains in 2019, sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday for $47.3m, “after a twelve-minute bidding battle that saw six bidders compete online and over the phones, before ultimately selling on the phone”, Sotheby’s said in a statement.

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Nanotyrannus Skeleton ‘Jodi’ Is Auctioned for $47.3 Million

Par : Sopan Deb

27 octobre 2026 à 14:10

The T. Rex cousin is the latest dinosaur fossil to fetch a high price at an auction, this time at Sotheby’s.

Scientists long debated whether Nanotyrannus was from a separate group of Tyrannosaur species, or if they were teen specimens of T. rex. The separate group hypothesis has recently prevailed.

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