The Gorgosaurus, or "fierce lizard," didn t have to worry about being hunted 77 million years ago when it terrorized the Earth. A cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, the dinosaur could stretch to 30 feet and weigh as much as three tons. Armed with a mouthful of double-serrated teeth, it had no trouble stabbing and slashing the flesh of its prey.
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but faster and with a stronger bite. i asked gregory erickson, a dinosaur paleo biologist at florida state university, whether he was disappointed that the dinosaur had gone to a private buyer. as a scientist, i think i can speak on behalf of every vertebrate palaeontologist, anytime you have a vertebrate fossil, particularly this one, which is obviously a very exciting specimen, it s sort of robbing us of intellectual property so unfortunately, a specimen like this gets into private hands, we have to ignore it as if it doesn t exist, we can t publish on it, we can t do anything so in a perfect world, this person would donated to an accredited museum but as far as we are concerned, it went into a black hole. given the fact that dinosaur skeletons continue to, what, rake up millions of dollars at auctions, it s likely to have priced people like yourself,
and good luck to all of those taking part. a rare dinosaur skeleton has sold at auction in the us forjust over $6 million. he s a relative of the infamous t rex, but faster and with a stronger bite. i asked gregory erickson, a dinosaur paleobiologist at florida state university, whether he was disappointed that the dinosaur had gone to a private buyer. as a scientist, i think i can speak on behalf of every vertebrate palaeontologist. anytime you have a vertebrate fossil, particularly this one, which is obviously a very exciting specimen, it s sort of robbing us of intellectual property, so unfortunately, a specimen like this gets into private hands, we have to ignore it as if it doesn t exist. we can t publish on it,
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