A T. Rex Sold for $31.8 Million, and Paleontologists Are Worried, Science
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The auction of a famous specimen named "Stan" is likely to raise tensions between scientists, land owners and commercial fossil dealers
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T-rex in Singapore as experts decry 'harmful' auctions
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Stan' the T. rex just sold for $31.8 million—and scientists are furious
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Dinosaur Bones Are Being Sold at Auctions: How Much Are They Worth?
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T. rex skull up for auction, could fetch $20 million, rex
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Big John', world's largest triceratops, sells for 6.6mn euros
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Christie's withdraws T. rex skeleton from auction days before sale
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Stan the T. rex found! World's most expensive fossil finds home in a new museum
Why the sale of a T. rex fossil could be a big loss for science, rex
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T-rex skeleton to become 'collectible toy' after first auction in Asia, expert says
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A T. Rex Sold for $31.8 Million, and Paleontologists Are Worried, rex
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