Discovered in May 2022 in Colorado’s Morrison Formation, "Apex" is touted as the most complete Stegosaurus ever found, with 79% of its bones intact.
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00:00In terms of stegosauruses, this is an incredibly rare animal, there are only eight or nine
00:17known in the world.
00:19The estimate on this is four to six million.
00:22Now, a stegosaurus of this caliber has never sold at auction before, so we will find out
00:29what it is actually worth.
00:36This small detail here, which I think most people would overlook, tells us about how
00:40this animal died.
00:42This here is a tail chevron, it's one of the spikes on the bottom side of the tail.
00:50The animal was found with the tail curled up underneath the body, which is a common
00:57death pose for animals, you know, dogs, cats, when they're going to die they're going to
01:01curl up.
01:02This dinosaur did the same thing.