Pteranodon sells for US$3.9 million to join fossil pantheon

Selling for a price of USD $3,932,000, the Pteranodon entered hallowed ground in the fossil register - a level previously reserved only for dinosaurs - it still remains behind the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, Triceratops and Gorgosaurus but it moved up 13 spots on the all-time fossil price listing (see below).

A rare and large Pteranodon skeleton sold at a Sotheby’s auction in New York this evening for US$3,932,000, adding further weight to the influence of the Jurassic Park franchise and moving into the top five most valuable fossils of all-time: behind only Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, Triceratops and Gorgosaurus.

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