Dinosaur skeleton sold at auction for a million dollars

At auction in New York under the hammer went Tarbosaurus skeleton, dinosaur which lived on Earth in the late Cretaceous period. The remains of ancient animals were sold for one million 52 thousand 500 dollars, reported on the official website of the auction house Heritage Auctions, spent bids. Tarbosaurus acquired collector who wished to remain incognito.

Sale bone almost broke. The fact is that 48 hours before the start of the auction of the right to the remains of a dinosaur said Mongolia. Representatives of the country have contacted the auction house and was asked to remove the dinosaur from the auction because he allegedly was taken illegally from Mongolia. The representative of the auction house, in turn, stressed that he hoped for an early settlement of the conflict. According to him, Tarbosaurus is in the US legally.

Sold dinosaur was discovered on the territory of the Gobi desert desert even years ago. For some time he had been in storage in England, and then was sent to the United States. Skeleton remained at 75 percent.

Tarbosaurus was one of the largest inhabitants of the Earth during the Late Cretaceous. At length, some adults may reach 10-12 meters.