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Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton 'Jodi' sells for $47.3m

A rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus, a smaller relative of T rex, sold for $47.3m at Sotheby's in New York 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. Named Jodi after Jodi Pierson, who found it in Montana in 2019, it is 19.6ft long with about 191 bones.

Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton 'Jodi' sells for $47.3m

This summary is based on reporting by The Guardian.

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