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Triceratops fossil up for auction

Rob Beschizza
Mar 11, 2026
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For some 70 million years, the remains of Trey the triceratops lay in sediment beneath Wyoming. Unearthed in 1993 by Lee Campbell and Allen Graffham, the iron-red fossil skeleton spent 28 years loaned to the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis. After being sold in a private transaction, it’s now in Singapore, but another auction beckon…

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