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Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for $30 million at 'Geek Week' auction

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The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton went for more than $30 million.

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  • A meteorite from Mars sold for over $5 million at Sotheby's Geek Week auction. 5s
  • The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was included in the auction. 10s
  • A juvenile dinosaur skeleton sold for more than $30 million, far above its estimate. 18s
  • The skeleton was assembled from nearly 140 fossil bones and measures over two metres tall and three metres long. 29s
  • The dinosaur is believed to be a Cetrasaurus from the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago. 44s
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