‘Big John’, largest-ever triceratops, sells for €6.6m at auction | Malay Mail

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PARIS, Oct 21 — “Big John”, 66 million years old and the largest triceratops skeleton ever unearthed at eight metres long, was sold at auction to a US collector today for a gargantuan €6.6 million (RM31 million).  The final price reached at the Drouot auction house in Paris — €5.5...

PARIS, Oct 21 — “Big John”, 66 million years old and the largest triceratops skeleton ever unearthed at eight metres long, was sold at auction to a US collector today for a gargantuan €6.6 million .

Big John’s skeleton is 60 per cent complete, and was unearthed in South Dakota, United States in 2014 and put together by specialists in Italy.

 

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