{"id":154591,"date":"2026-07-14T20:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154591"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:44:38","slug":"gus-the-t-rex-fetches-record-us50-1-million-at-us-auctionunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154591","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gus\u2019 the T. rex fetches record US$50.1 million at US auctionUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed \u201cGus\u201d sold on Tuesday for US$50.1 million at Sotheby\u2019s in New York, making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil bought at auction, after a 10-minute battle between seven bidders.<br \/>\n\u201cGus\u201d is one of the world\u2019s most complete T. rex skeletons \u2013 with 183 fossilised bones \u2013 and was discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021.<br \/>\nThe giant beast lived some 72 to 66 million years ago \u2013 a period characterised by a warm climate, high sea levels and vast&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3360583\/gus-t-rex-fetches-record-us501-million-us-auction?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostA Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed \u201cGus\u201d sold on Tuesday for US$50.1 million at Sotheby\u2019s in New York, making it the most&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154591"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}