Dinosaur up for auction in New York

Dinosaur up for auction in New York

A Sotheby's New York employee demonstrates the size of a Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton, the first to be offered at auction, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

NEW YORK (AP) — How much is a dinosaur skeleton worth? We’ll find out later this month when the fossilized skeleton of a T-rex relative goes up for bids in New York. Sotheby’s will be selling the skeleton of a Gorgosaurus, believed to have roamed the earth 76 million years ago — about 10 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex. The skeleton was found in 2018 in the Judith River Formation in Montana. It measures nearly 10 feet tall and 22 feet long.

Photo: A Sotheby’s New York employee demonstrates the size of a Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton, the first to be offered at auction, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)