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A Dinosaur Skeleton Goes to Auction
barnebys.com ^
| November 22, 2021
| barnebys.com
Posted on 11/28/2021 6:33:04 PM PST by bitt
Meet Henry, the dinosaur that will go to auction during the prestigious sale of Modern and Contemporary Art at Cambi on December 14 in Milan, Italy.
Henry is a Hypacrosaurus skeleton, an ornithopod dinosaur belonging to the hadrosaurid family, dating back to the Upper Cretaceous, Campanian era (75-67 million years ago). Due to the more moderate size of its skeleton compared to Tyrannosaurus, its name means "near the highest lizard" and is distinguished by the high curve of its spine and the characteristic shape of the tall and rounded crest.
Henry measures 13 feet long and was collected in a single layer by natives of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, in a relatively small quarry belonging to the Two Medicine Formation in Montana.
In February 2020, Cambi set a record for the first dinosaur sold in Italy with the sale of a rare specimen of Othnielosaurus for €300,000 (approx. $340,000).
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TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: cambi; campanianera; cretaceous; dinosaur; dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; hadrosaurid; hypacrosaurus; italy; milan; montana; ornithopod; othnielosaurus; paleontology; skeleton; uppercretaceous
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posted on
11/28/2021 6:33:04 PM PST
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bitt
To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...
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posted on
11/28/2021 6:33:54 PM PST
by
bitt
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To: bitt
REPRODUCTION:
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posted on
11/28/2021 6:44:51 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: bitt
It does look a bit like Al Gore!
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posted on
11/28/2021 7:11:01 PM PST
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
To: BenLurkin
LOL.
I’d forgotten about Helen Thomas.
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posted on
11/28/2021 7:18:58 PM PST
by
LucyT
(Chicken Little was right. )
To: bitt
A dinosaur skeleton once bit my sister.
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posted on
11/28/2021 8:11:26 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: bitt
I remember reading about this years ago. Something about government claiming somebody stole the skeleton off somewhere protected or on government land or something? Like most governments, though. They tend to exert ownership claims even above private landowner’s rights.
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posted on
11/28/2021 8:27:22 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: bitt
It’d look great in a sports bar somewhere
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posted on
11/28/2021 8:29:21 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks bitt.
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posted on
11/28/2021 8:31:22 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: bitt
I expected a photo of Celine Dion......
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posted on
11/28/2021 10:01:31 PM PST
by
Donkey Odious
( Adapt, improvise, and overcome - now a motto for us all.)
To: bigbob
Though would have to add some sharp teeth...
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posted on
11/29/2021 12:05:54 AM PST
by
Does so
(DC: "The Chinese city on top of a hill".)
To: bitt
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posted on
11/29/2021 6:22:28 AM PST
by
sauropod
(Meanie Butt Daddy - No you can't)
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