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Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton fetches $47.3m at New York auction

A rare Nanotyrannus skeleton, a smaller relative of T rex nicknamed "Jodi", sold at Sotheby's in New York for $47.3m after a 12-minute bidding battle, far above its $6m-$9m estimate. Sotheby's called it the second most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction. Found in Montana in 2019, the 19.6ft skeleton has about 191 bone elements.

Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton fetches $47.3m at New York auction

This summary is based on reporting by The Guardian.

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