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"Stegosaurus skeleton smashes auction record."

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Prior to the auction, "Apex" was on exhibition at Sotheby’s galleries in New York. (Matthew Sherman / Sotheby's)
Enormous Stegosaurus Skeleton Called 'Apex' Smashes Auction Records and Sells for $44.6 Million
The 150-million-year-old dinosaur became the most expensive fossil ever sold at auction, raising old questions about whether such specimens should be put up for sale
Aaron Boorstein
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