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A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records — and possibly disappear forever - CNN
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Jacopo Prisco
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A rare T. rex fossil discovered by a South Dakota rancher is heading to auction, sparking concerns among paleontologists that it may be purchased by a private collector. Experts fear the specimen could be lost to science if it disappears into a private collection.
Before he became the namesake of one of the largest predators that ever lived or made it into the footnotes of an auction catalog the late Gary Gus Licking, a cattle rancher in South Dakota, had alwa…
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