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  • MOST COMPLETE RAPTOR SKELETON EVER FOUND AT CHRISTIE’S

    DEINONYCHUS ANTIRRHOPUS – MONTANA, USA. UPDATE: THIS MADE $12.4 MILLION

    The Raptor –  one of the most famous and rarest dinosaurs and the most complete skeleton of his species ever found – comes up at Christie’s in New York on May 12. Deinonychus is nearly 10 feet long with 126 fossil bones. Excavated from Wolf Canyon in Montana it dates to approximately 115-108 million year ago.

    Fifty million years before the reign of the dinosaurs ended in the age of Tyrannosaurus rex, a smaller, more agile, pack-hunting predator was the most feared—and smartest—animal of its time. Known for its swift gait, lethal sickle claws and potent kick housed in an elegant, compact frame, Deinonychus was an incredibly sophisticated dinosaur species of theropods (carnivorous animals that can walk on two legs).  This one is estimated at $4 – 6 million.

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