Three dinosaur1 skeletons from the Jurassic period were sold at a London auction2 for a total of 8.4 million pounds on Thursday, December 12.
Christie’s offered an adult and juvenile3 Allosaurus, sold as a pair for 8.1 million pounds (10.3 million US dollars) and a Stegosaurus skeleton, sold for 4.2 million pounds (5.4 million US dollars).
All three were mounted and on display at Christie’s London showrooms the day before the “Jurassic Icons4: Allosaurus & Stegosaurus” auction. The skeletons were excavated5 in Wyoming.
In July, a Stegosaurus fossil found in Colorado fetched a record $44.6 million at a Sotheby’s auction.
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dinosaur [ˈdaɪnəsɔ:(r)]
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| n.恐龙 | |
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auction [ˈɔ:kʃn]
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| n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖 | |
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juvenile [ˈdʒu:vənaɪl]
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| n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的 | |
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icons [ˈaɪˌkɔnz]
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