Tyrannosaurus Rex May be the most famous dinosaurs that have been around the world. But today it is a center of very modern problems: luxury fossil trade.
From education Published in Palaeontologia ElectronicaThe accumulation of commercial fossils has many walls. T. Rex Fossil and scientists that there are many obstacles in scientific recording.
Studies demonstrate statistics at Sob: From 141 with scientific benefits. T. Rex Fossil known better than half – 71 samples – ERER in personal or commercial more than public museums or research institutions that have been certified. That is an important problem because in science, the ability to simulate is everything. Although researchers have studied fossils But scientific value is reduced if the future team cannot be accessed. If the fossil is locked in the mansion of collectors or other scientist data storage units, cannot study. They cannot confirm the test of a new assumption or create research.
And this is not a problem at the edge Since the auction of “SUE” blog T. Rex In 1997 at the price of 8.36 million dollars T. Rex The fossil has become a picassos of ancient arts. The art of high status around the world draws millions of dollars in the auction in 2020. Christie's auction from StanOne of the most complete things T. Rex Skeletons have been found to record $ 31.8 million to the museum in Abu Dhabi. The price tag like that makes the file T. Rex The fossil is too far for the museum, unless the donors for charity will step in. (Which is true, not the norm)
Last year, Stan loses the name of the most expensive fossil when the billionaire Griffin buy Stegosaurus fossil dubbed “APEX” for a price of US $ 44.6 million. Griffin borrowed the highest point to the American Natural History Museum in New York, which is currently exhibited from five. T. Rex The fossil sold in the auction, only one lot (Sue) bought by the museum.
Commercial fossil collectors confirmed that they are helping from the erosion and disclosure of fossils more than public institutions. And technical, they are correct: Athomy Witthaya Thomas Dee. Car, the author, found that commercial sets have discovered almost 2.4 times. T. Rex More than the public institutions since the beginning of 1990, but this is a capture – only 11% of the commercial fossils are in the public's trust that science can benefit from them. The rest will be placed in the living room in the storage unit to add value or do to provide other interests in addition to science.
Moreover, many fossils that have been bought by private or commercial are the most scientific values: children and youth and subadults, which consists of the least understanding of T. Rex Twenty percent of the development of a private fossil hero in this category according to the car. Scientists cannot create reliable images about these methods. T. Rex Growing up due or even species shows sexual differences. (Female and female differences) according to the previous team, samples 70 to 100 examples of Nonavian dinosaurs must measure the possibility of sexual abnormalities in a highly confident population.
Car's education also has a problem with the trend of dissemination of education that has been inspected by a friend by using a private fossil, which provides scientific legitimacy and unusable data. And while the market defender confirms that fossils tend to end at the museum. In the end, Car's information is recommended. T. Rex Fossil has been donated or sold to public institutions.
“Until now, no one is the owner. T. Rex Fossil has been donated or proposed to buy public trust by personal real estate “Car Write”. However, there is not enough time to assess that the transfer of T. Rex Fossil from personal collections to public trust, will be a trend or have occurred –
T. Rex Extremely extinct But his fudge scientific speaking is becoming an endangered animal. Unless the scientific understanding of the horrible reptiles is more important than the dollar, we may see the science of T. Rex Going to Dodo's way, I think the bird of feather