Photograph by Matthew Sherman
A mounted juvenile ceratosaurus skeleton, Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian Stage (approx. 154-149 million years ago). The fossil sold for $30.5 million during July's Geek Week sale, not a record for dinosaur bones (the stegosaurus we sold in 2024 still holds that title), but still the youngest skeleton to be sold at private auction ever.
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Jun 16, 2025

One-of-a-Kind Juvenile Ceratosaurus To Be Auctioned at Sotheby's This July

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Image credit: Matthew Sherman

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