Sold! Dinosaur skeleton that inspired Velociraptors from 'Jurassic Park' auctioned for $12.4 million

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A rare dinosaur fossil of Deinonychus, the species that inspired the appearance and behavior of the fearsome Velociraptor in the "Jurassic Park" movies, just sold for the mammoth sum of $12.4 million on the auction block. The 10-foot-long (3 meters) skeleton, unearthed in Montana in 2015, includes 126 fossilized bones of Deinonychus antirrhopus dating to between 115 million and 108 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, according to Christie's, which held the auction on May 12. The auctioned Deinonychus specimen is nicknamed Hector, after the legendary Trojan warrior in Homer's epic poem, "The Iliad." According to Christie's, Hector "is the most complete skeleton of his species ever found." It's likely that Hector and his fellow Deinonychus predators hunted in packs in what is now western North America, subduing prey with their deadly toe claws.

https://www.livescience.com/deinonychus-inspired-jurassic-park-dinosaur-auctioned