New stegosaurus just droppednot literally, thank gosh, as thatd be a $44.6 million disaster.
The stegosaurus is dubbed Apex.
In death, Benson said, the stegosaurus was more or less curled around itself.
The head of the $44.6 million Apex stegosaurus.Photo: Isaac Schultz
Apexs chevron impaled the animals left shoulder, and a bit of the bone snapped off and stayed put.
With the exception of that self-incurred wound, Apex is in good shape.
That is to say, sometimes you just get lucky.
The Apex Stegosaurus on view in the American Museum of Natural History’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation
The public can appreciate the 150-million-year-old behemoth beginning Sunday, December 8.
Its not clear where Apex will go after its four-year tenure at the museumthat remains up to Ken Griffin.
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Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.
