A Stegosaurus skeleton, dubbed “Apex,” has shattered auction records by selling for $44.6 million in New York. The fossil, discovered in Colorado in 2022, was sold to an anonymous buyer after fierce bidding. This sale surpasses its pre-sale estimate of $4 million to $6 million. Some palaeontologists argue that significant fossils like Apex should be in museums rather than private collections.

Apex became the most valuable fossil ever sold at an auction according to SothebysCNN