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The stegosaurus was one of the world's most distinctive dinosaurs, featuring pointy plates on its back. Hatton has called Apex “a coloring book dinosaur,” for its well-preserved features.
Apex is the largest and most complete known Stegosaurus skeleton as of 2024, with 254 bones preserved out of approximately 319.It measures 3.4 meters (11 ft) in height and 8.2 meters (27 ft) in length. [1]
One of the major subjects of books and articles about Stegosaurus is the plate arrangement. [18] The argument has been a major one in the history of dinosaur reconstruction. Four possible plate arrangements have been proposed over the years: The plates lie flat along the back, as a shingle-like armor. This was Marsh's initial interpretation ...
[19] [20] [21] Sue remains one of the most expensive dinosaur fossils ever sold, only surpassed in 2020 with the sale of Stan the T. rex. for $31.8 million, and subsequently in 2024 by Apex the Stegosaurus, which sold for $44.6 million.
The largest skeletal remains uncovered yet of a Stegosaurus was sold for $44.6m on Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York, setting record as the most valuable dinosaur fossil ever auctioned.. The ...
The massive specimen, named Apex, will be on display at the American Museum of Natural History for four years, the museum said.
Stegosaurid plates have a thick base and central portion, but are transversely thin elsewhere. The plates become remarkably large and thin in Stegosaurus. They are found in varying sizes along the dorsum, with the central region of the back usually having the largest and tallest plates.
The bas-relief [1] [2] is located in the temple-monastery [3] of Ta Prohm in Cambodia. [4] Within the temple, it is found in Gopura III, east of the main sanctuary. It is one of several roundels in a vertical strip of reliefs between the east wall of the main body of the gopura and the south wall of the porch.