Episode 650: The $20 Million Dollar Dinosaur
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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The New York Times published an article this week, What’s in a Name? The Battle of Baby T. Rex and Nanotyrannus profiling a $20 million-dollar dinosaur fossil for sale at the David Aaron Gallery in London. The gallery describes the fossil as a, “rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton”. Newt discusses the sale of the dinosaur with his guest Dr. Stephen Brusatte, Chair of Paleontology and Evolution in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of Neutchworld, as many of you know, I am a dinosaur enthusiast. |
| 0:10.0 | I have loved studying dinosaurs, about them visiting museums since I was a young boy. |
| 0:16.7 | So I was struck this week when an article in the New York Times entitled What's in a Name, the Battle of Baby T Rex and Nanotyrannus, profiling a 20 billion |
| 0:28.0 | dollar dinosaur fossil for sale to David Arran Gallery in London. It seems there's a controversy about this quote |
| 0:35.6 | rare juvenile Tyrannosaurus rexcomb. My guest today is somebody you've heard |
| 0:41.8 | before who's done several podcasts with us. |
| 0:44.6 | I think one of the most brilliant explainers of paleontology alive today. |
| 0:49.4 | He is quote, one of the stars of modern paleontology, according to National Geographic. |
| 0:56.1 | He's worked on dig sites and in labs all around the world. |
| 0:59.8 | He was also the paleontology advisor to the film Jurassic World Dominion. |
| 1:05.1 | So you can imagine how pleased I am to welcome back my guest, Dr Stephen Brussat, |
| 1:10.9 | chair of Paleontology and Evolution in the School of Geosciences at the University |
| 1:16.3 | of Edinburgh in Scotland. Steve, welcome back, and thank you for joining me again on Newswear. |
| 1:27.0 | Steve, welcome back and thank you for joining me again on Newswear. |
| 1:32.0 | A number of years back, my wife, Kalista, |
| 1:34.3 | had gotten me a copy of a nanotaranous skull |
| 1:39.8 | from the Cleveland Museum, |
| 1:41.0 | which sits proudly in our library. |
| 1:43.3 | So I have a big interest in nanotyranesis. |
| 1:46.0 | I do not have a T-Rex, of course. |
| 1:48.4 | But I wouldn't mind having one if I could figure out where I put it. |
| 1:51.2 | Well, Mr. Speaker, is always a pleasure because when we get together and talk dinosaurs, |
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