{"id":795542,"date":"2026-07-12T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795542\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:18:12","slug":"massive-t-rex-skeleton-set-to-become-most-expensive-fossil-ever-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795542\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive T-rex skeleton set to become most expensive fossil ever sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">One of the largest and most complete T-rex skeletons ever unearthed is going under the hammer in <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/united-states\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York<\/a>, with an eye-watering price tag that could shatter auction records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Nicknamed Gus, the 67-million-year-old specimen has an estimated sale price of $43 million, which would make him the most expensive fossil ever sold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: T-rex skeleton Gus could fetch record $43 million<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The prehistoric giant measures an impressive 11 metres long from nose to tail, showcasing the sheer scale of one of history\u2019s most fearsome predators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-h2mhmv-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Gus bears the scars of his ancient battles, with fractures and bite marks across his skeleton from fights with other predators millions of years ago. He was found in South Dakota and his remains excavated between 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The auction, conducted by Sotheby\u2019s, is set to open on Tuesday, giving fossil enthusiasts and wealthy collectors their chance to own a piece of prehistoric history.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/business\/retail\/sleep-retailer-shares-update-after-15-million-federal-court-penalty-for-misleading-ads-c-22565849\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>$15 million fine for popular sleep brand over \u2018misleading\u2019 ads<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">2 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"css-6fiqrm-StyledLinkWrapper e1y7kr221\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/layla-jeffery-donald-community-holds-vigil-for-slain-teen-as-accused-refuses-testing-c-22566998\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Shocking details emerge as town mourns slain teen<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xp0jgm-StyledTimeToRead e1y7kr223\">1 min read<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the largest and most complete T-rex skeletons ever unearthed is going under the hammer in New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1313,64,63,44,105,255658],"class_list":["post-795542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-animals","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-technology","tag-united-states-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}