Before he became the namesake of one of the largest predators that ever lived - or made it into the footnotes of an auction catalogue - the late Gary "Gus" Licking, a cattle rancher in South Dakota, had always suspected his land was hiding something big.

Mit einer vorherigen Rekordschätzung kommt das Dinosaurier-Fossil eines T-Rex aus South Dakota unter den Hammer. Forscher kritisieren jedoch den Verkauf an private Sammler.

A large T. rex skeleton nicknamed ‘Gus’ is on track to break auction records, and highlight one of paleontology’s biggest predicaments.