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Dinosaur fossils are a popular showpiece at many high-end auctions, with near-complete skeletons selling for tens of millions of dollars. However, the private trade in T. rex specimens could be hampering researchers' understanding of the iconic Cretaceous predator. @LiveScience reports:
livescience.com/animals/dinosa

Live Science · 'Dispiriting and exasperating': The world's super rich are buying up T. rex fossils and it's hampering researchDi Patrick Pester

Were you tragically unable to attend our recent Paleo 2025 symposium? Were you there but want to listen to one of the talks again? You're in luck! We've just posted the talk recordings to our YouTube page. There's a dedicated playlist for the Paleo 2025 talks, which can be found at

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIb.

How much is a #Trex skeleton worth?

As the commercial value of #fossils continues to rise, a new study examines the ethical cost of the fossil trade, finding that the practice has halved the sample size of #Tyrannosaurusrex available to scientists.

Image: Fig. 1 from the paper. Comparison of the number of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils collected by commercial outfits with those collected by public trusts (as of October 2024).

Author: Thomas D Carr

Full #OpenAccess Paper: doi.org/10.26879/1337

Finally! Our new Discovering Dinosaurs gallery opens to the public tomorrow, April 1st, at 11am!

This coincides with the launch of a new "pay once visit all year" entrance fee into Wollaton Hall. £15 per adult, children free (ages 0–15).

That provides unlimited access to the Nottingham Natural History Museum, including the new dinosaur displays, for 12 months.