Tyrannosaurus rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold

The update

The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York

Why this counts

What makes this worth tracking, according to BBC, is the chain of decisions it may trigger.

What precedes this

BBC notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around tyrannosaurus.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The lens

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of tyrannosaurus, rex, expensive, dinosaur, ever: The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.