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		</div><p>The fossilised skeleton of a relative of the T. rex that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby’s has announced.</p>
<p>The Gorgosaurus skeleton will be a highlight of Sotheby’s natural history auction on July 28.</p>
<p>The creature was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the late Cretaceous Period.</p>
<p>The theropod predated its relative the Tyrannosaurus rex by 10 million years</p>
<p>The specimen being sold was discovered in 2018 in the Judith River Formation near Havre, Montana, Sotheby’s said.</p>
<p>It measures nearly 10ft tall and 22ft long.</p>
<figure id="attachment_174580" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-174580" style="width: 793px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/3248E768-747C-4C86-98AF-5F6BFE2E5A79.jpeg" alt="" width="793" height="523" class="size-full wp-image-174580" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-174580" class="wp-caption-text">The sale takes place at the end of the month</figcaption></figure>
<p>All of the other known Gorgosaurus skeletons are in museum collections, making this one the only specimen available for private ownership, the auction house said</p>
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<p>Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby’s global head of science and popular culture, said: “In my career, I have had the privilege of handling and selling many exceptional and unique objects, but few have the capacity to inspire wonder and capture imaginations quite like this unbelievable Gorgosaurus skeleton.”</p>
<p>Sotheby’s presale estimate for the fossil is between five million and eight million US dollars (£4.1 million and £6.6 million).</p>
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