Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction

Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton from South Dakota has become the world’s most expensive fossil sold at auction, after fetching a record $50,130,000 at Sotheby’s in New York Tuesday. The skeleton, which is about 67 million years old, is nicknamed Gus after the late G...