Fascinating Fossils of Mammoths and Dinosaurs

Published on 15 October 2021, by Claire Papon

Auction on 21 October 2021 - 15:00 (CEST) - Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This skull attests that mammoths roamed the steppes a million years ago.

Middle Pleistocene, Ukraine. Steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii) skull, 110 x... Fascinating Fossils of Mammoths and Dinosaurs

Middle Pleistocene, Ukraine. Steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii) skull, 110 x 120 x 130 cm/ 43.30 x 47.24 x 51.18 in.
Estimate: €35,000/40,000

Big John, a 60% complete, 66-million-year-old triceratops skeleton , is likely to fetch this sale’s highest price. Nearly twenty-three ft (7meters) long, the fossil was found at Hell Creek,…

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Binoche et Giquello Present a Giant Triceratops Called Big John

Thrusting out its emblematic skirted skull and sharp horns, this fearsomeTriceratops is coming to Paris, where its unusual size is sure to cause a stir.

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Big John: The Record-Breaking Triceratops

The €6 million sale of the largest triceratops known to date reached fever pitch at Drouot and established a European record, eliciting rapturous applause from the audience.