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The dinosaur artist obsession, betrayal, and the quest for Earth's ultimate trophy

In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar, a close cousin to the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils now on display in a Manhattan event space had been uneart...

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Main Author: Williams, Paige (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Hachette Books, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Prokopi, Eric.
Fossils > Collection and preservation.
Fossils > Collection and preservation > Mongolia.
Tyrannosaurus.
Table of Contents:
  • "Superb tyrannosaurus skeleton"
  • Land O' Lakes
  • Garcia, king of the Ice Age
  • Dive
  • Deal
  • Tucson
  • Big game
  • Middleman in Japan
  • Hollywood headhunters
  • The warrior and the explorer
  • The flaming cliffs
  • Market conditions
  • "Go Gobi"
  • The ghost of Mary Anning
  • The last dinosaur
  • The President's predicament
  • United States of America v. One tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton
  • Raid!
  • Verdict
  • Tarbomania
  • Petersburg low
  • The dinosaur bus.

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