'Big John,' the world's largest triceratops has sold for $7.74 million or 6.65 million euros in an auction. Paleontologists had named the fossilised remains after the owner of the land where the bones of the dinosaur were discovered.

World's largest triceratops, 'Big John,' fetches nearly $8 million in auction

The world’s biggest triceratops skeleton, known as “Big John”, was sold for USD 7.74 million to a US collector in an auction held at a Paris auction house on October 21. The skeleton, estimated to be over 66 million years old, was found in 2014 in South Dakota.

World's biggest triceratops sold for USD7.7 Million

The skeleton of 'Big John,' the world's biggest triceratops, is up for sale at an auction in Paris and could fetch up to 1.5 million euros ($1.8 million). The 66-million-year-old fossil roamed the lands of modern-day South Dakota and is among the most distinctive of dinosaurs due to the three horns on its head.

Skeleton of world's biggest triceratops goes on sale

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World's largest triceratops, 'Big John,' fetches nearly $8 million in auction

World's biggest triceratops sold for USD7.7 Million

Skeleton of world's biggest triceratops goes on sale