# Rare Nanotyrannus skeleton sells for $47.3m at New York auction

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-27T21:40:13+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/nanotyrannus-dinosaur-fossil-sothebys-auction
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Sale makes ‘Jodi’, a smaller relative of T rex, the ‘second most valuable dinosaur ever sold at auction’, Sotheby’s says A rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus, a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, sold at auction in New York this week for $47.3m, making it one of the world’s most expensive fossils. The skeleton, named “Jodi” after the person who found the remains in 2019, sold at Sotheby’s on

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