For dinosaur enthusiasts and with the means available, this could be great news, but the announcement that a Complete T-Rex skeleton to be auctioned for wealthy enthusiasts, it was not very welcome among scientists and the scientific community.
The event, scheduled in Hong Kong next November, it will not fail to attract the curiosity of passionate patrons, as it is the first time that a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton will be auctioned in Asia.
the skeleton renamed “Shen the T. rex” was discovered in McCone County, Montana (USA) and measures 13.10 meters in length, 4.8 meters in height and weighs over 1,360 kg
Hong Kong auction house Christie’s, which will follow the sale, has announced that it estimates it will be purchased between 15 and 25 million dollars.
For several scholars and scientists in the area, however, it may not be good news, since in this way could disappear from the availability of scholars. After all, scientists have historically not supported the sale of dinosaur skeletons, which has also happened several times in the past.
The fear is that these skeletons in private hands will no longer be available for analysis and study, even in the future, unlike museum collections.
“Its true value comes from the information in the bones, not the object itself. The problem with treating fossil specimens as trophies or collectibles is right,” Thomas R. Holtz, a professor of vertebrate paleontology at the University of California, told Newsweek. . .University of Maryland. Gregory Erickson, a professor of paleobiology at Florida State University, also feels the same way, who told the BBC he feared these dinosaur sales would send a message “that’s just any other good that you can buy for money and not for the scientific good.”
“From its elevated and bloodthirsty position, to its extraordinary preservation, this is one of the most scientifically studied T. rex skeletons to be auctioned,” said James Hyslop, head of science and natural history at Christie’s auction house in Hong Kong.
Christiès announced that “Shen” has already been studied by paleontologists at the University of Manchester and will be shown to the public at the Victoria Theater & Concert Hall in Singapore from 28-30 October, and later at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. , from November 26th to 30th, before going to auction. “Private collectors they play a key role in distributing objects to museum collections “they remembered the auction house
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