A mock-up of Stan's new habitat.
Call it rex appeal.
On Wednesday, Washington, D.C.-based education company Great Minds will install a museum-quality replica of Stan the Tyrannosaurus rex’s skeleton at its future headquarters in Richmond. Measuring 13 feet tall and 40 feet long, the actual Stan’s fossilized skeleton sold for $32 million in a Christie’s auction last October, making it the most expensive dinosaur fossil in history.
Stan’s sale shattered expectations, fetching a price four times Christie’s’ estimate. The sale was also nearly four times that of the previous record holder, a T-rex named Sue worth $8.4 million; both were excavated by legendary paleontologist brothers Peter and Neal Larson.
