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DMM英会話DailyNews予習復習メモ:T. Rex Sells for Record $31.8 Million  

最高額で売られた、最大級のT-rexの骨をアマチュアの古生物学者が見つけたとはあっぱれ。見つかった骨がトリケラトプスだった場合は発掘がならせないとは、恐竜も人気順なんですね。

 

2020.10.21. level 8

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T. Rex Sells for Record $31.8 Million  

 

The 67-million-year-old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus tɪrænʌˈsɔrʌs rex (T. rex) known as "Stan" was sold to an unknown buyer at auction for a record-breaking $31.8 million on October 6.  

That number is almost four times more than the previous record for a fossil, held by a T. rex skeleton known as "Sue," which sold in 1997 for $8.4 million — or about $13.5 million in today's money.

 Christie's, which ran the auction, had expected the skeleton to sell for between $6 million and $8 million.  

 

オークションを運営した

 

Only about 50 T. rex skeletons have ever been found, and at almost 4 meters high and over 12 meters long, with 188 bones, Stan is one of the largest and most complete known to science.  

 

最大で最も完璧だと学術的に知られているひとつだ

 

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Stan was named after amateur paleontologist peɪliɑːnˈtɑːlədʒɪst Stan Sacrison, who found the T. rex in 1987 in the Hell Creek Formation, an area that covers parts of North and South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana.

 

そのTrexを見つけたアマチュア生物学者の名前Stanがから名付けられた。

 

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 However, the bones were first thought to be those of a Triceratops, a more commonly found dinosaur, and weren't dug up until 1992 when paleontologists realized they came from a T. rex.

 

その骨ははじめ、よく見つかる恐竜トリケラトプスだと思われていた。

そのほねがTrexだと気づいたとき1992年までは発掘しなかった。

 

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 Stan would have weighed between 6 and 7 metric tons when alive — more than two African elephants. 

Its largest teeth were about 28 centimeters long, and it's been estimated to have had a bite that was strong enough to crush a car. 

 

車をつぶすほど強い歯と推定されている、

 

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It also suffered injuries over its life, with evidence that it survived a broken neck, as well as holes in its skull and rib that may have come from another T. rex's bite.

 

生存中、ケガにもさいなまれたという証拠がある。首、骸骨の穴と肋骨の骨折を負いながらも生き延びたという証拠である。それは他のTrexにかまれたのかもしれない。

 

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