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Santa Fe, Jan. 12, 2009 -- T. Rex was the fiercest of them all. It’s hard to imagine a world of dinosaurs like him. But, 65 million years ago when T. Rex roamed the earth, it was a different story.
T. Rex grew to at least 40 feet in length and could easily weigh 7 tons or more. Survival of the fittest was his operating principal. As king of the food chain, he was a perfect killing machine.
His muscular jaw was five feet long with 50 banana-size, teeth capable of crushing the bones of the fiercest competitor.
T. Rex’s fate remains a mystery.
On Sept. 21, I.M. Chait Gallery, Beverly Hills, Calif., featured the head of a close relative of the T. Rex in its Natural History auction. The 29 inch long, Tyrannosaurus bataar skull unearthed in Central Asia sold for $96,000.
Here are some current values for other fossils sold in the auction.
