Skeleton of T. rex Relative Will Be Auctioned This Month
2022-07-09
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1The auction house Sotheby's plans to sell the fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur related to the famous T. rex later this month.
2Gorgosaurus lived about 10 million years before T. rex in what is now the western United States and Canada.
3The skeleton was found in 2018 in the American state of Montana, not far from the Canadian border.
4The creature was the top meat-eater of its time during the late Cretaceous period, about 76 million years ago.
5The fossil is valued between $5 and $8 million.
6All other known skeletons of its kind are already kept in museums around the world.
7The skeleton is about 3 meters tall and 10 meters long.
8Cassandra Hatton is the global head of science and popular culture for Sotheby's.
9She called the fossil "unbelievable."
10She said she has seen few things in her career that "inspire wonder and capture imaginations" like the Gorgosaurus skelton.
11The auction is planned for July 28.
12I'm Dan Friedell.
1The auction house Sotheby's plans to sell the fossilized skeleton of a dinosaur related to the famous T. rex later this month. 2Gorgosaurus lived about 10 million years before T. rex in what is now the western United States and Canada. 3The skeleton was found in 2018 in the American state of Montana, not far from the Canadian border. 4The creature was the top meat-eater of its time during the late Cretaceous period, about 76 million years ago. 5The fossil is valued between $5 and $8 million. All other known skeletons of its kind are already kept in museums around the world. 6The skeleton is about 3 meters tall and 10 meters long. 7Cassandra Hatton is the global head of science and popular culture for Sotheby's. She called the fossil "unbelievable." She said she has seen few things in her career that "inspire wonder and capture imaginations" like the Gorgosaurus skelton. 8The auction is planned for July 28. 9I'm Dan Friedell. 10Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based on a report by the Associated Press. 11___________________________________________________________________ 12Words in This Story 13auction- v. a public sale at which items are sold to the people who offer to pay the most 14fossil -n. something (such as a leaf, skeleton, or footprint) that is from a plant or animal which lived in ancient times and that you can see in some rocks 15unbelievable - adj. used to describe something that is so good it is difficult to believe 16inspire -v. to cause someone to have a feeling or emotion 17___________________________________________________________________ 18What do you think of this story? We want to hear from you. 19We have a new comment system. Here is how it works: 20Write your comment in the box. 21Under the box, you can see four images for social media accounts. They are for Disqus, Facebook, Twitter and Google. 22Click on one image and a box appears. Enter the login for your social media account. Or you may create one on the Disqus system. It is the blue circle with "D" on it. It is free. 23Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.