At the time of sale, paleontologists feared the fossil was lost to science, but in March the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism revealed plans for Stan to be a star attraction at a new ...

but it has taken nearly 20 years of painstaking work and additional digs to piece the fossil bones back together ready for sale. Buyers can be reassured that they will not have to assemble the ...

Guarding long-buried treasure, a monitor at a dig site looks out for thieves who illegally remove fossils for sale to collectors ... by selling just one prized fossil on the black market.

The fossil is that of a Gorgosaurus - a distant ... opportunity to bestow a nickname on the one-time apex predator. The sale is the second-ever of a fossilised dinosaur skeleton auctioned by ...