By Vimal Patel A robust skeleton of a Gorgosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus rex relative that roamed the Earth about 80 million years ago, sold at a Sotheby’s auction on Thursday for $6.1 million.

This Gorgosaurus was the first to appear at an auction, ever — and is one of only 20 known to exist. The dinosaur belonging to the Tyrannosaurid family measured nearly 10 feet tall and 22 feet long.

The ancient skeleton of a Gorgosaurus went up for auction for the first time today and sold for just over $6 million. Whoever bought it -- which is currently unknown -- now also has the unusual ...

The 20-foot-long specimen was estimated to fetch between $5 million and $8 million, but the final sale has made it ‘the most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction.’ The first Gorgosaurus was ...

The first skeleton of a Gorgosaurus dinosaur to go under the hammer sold for $6.1 million at auction in New York Thursday, ...

A 70 million-year-old skeleton of the dinosaur Gorgosaurus, the first of its kind to ever go up for auction and one of only 20 specimens known to exist, went for $6.1 million at Sotheby’s ...

The first skeleton of a Gorgosaurus dinosaur to go under the hammer sold for $6.1 million at auction in New York Thursday, Sotheby's said. The specimen is 10 feet tall (three meters) and 22 feet ...

A robust skeleton of a Gorgosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus rex relative that roamed the Earth about 80 million years ago, sold at a Sotheby’s auction Thursday for $6.1 million. The sale, which fetched ...