The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend, American Museum of Natural History officials announced Wednesday.
美国自然历史博物馆官员于周三宣布，有史以来发现的最昂贵的恐龙化石将从本周末起在纽约展出。
The giant stegosaurus fossil, dubbed "Apex," is 11 feet (3.3 meters) tall and 27 feet (8.2 meters) nose to tail. The display will start in a giant atrium at the museum's entrance before being moved to the museum's existing fossil halls next year.
这具被称为“Apex”的巨型剑龙化石，身高11英尺（3.3米），从头到尾长27英尺（8.2米）。展览将首先在该博物馆入口处的巨型中庭进行，明年再移至博物馆现有的化石展厅。
The museum also confirmed the identity of the philanthropist who purchased Apex. Billionaire hedge fund manager and longtime museum donor Ken Griffin bought it at an auction in July for $45 million, the most ever paid for dinosaur remains. Sean Decatur, president of the American Museum of Natural History, said that Griffin approved a long-term loan of Apex, as well as allowing scientists to take samples from the fossil for analysis.
博物馆还确认了购买Apex的慈善家身份。亿万富翁对冲基金经理、该博物馆的长期捐赠者肯·格里芬于7月在一次拍卖会上以4500万美元的价格将其买下，这是有史以来为恐龙遗骸支付的最高金额。美国自然历史博物馆馆长肖恩·迪凯特在周三的一份声明中表示，格里芬同意将Apex长期借给博物馆，并允许科学家从这块化石上取样进行分析。
"This partnership allows Apex to have pride of place at a museum world-renowned for its dinosaur collection and for its longstanding leadership in paleontology and, even more exciting, enables us to pursue specialized Stegosaurus research centered around this extraordinary and scientifically important specimen," Decatur said in a statement Wednesday.
迪凯特在周三的一份声明中说：“此次合作使Apex能在以恐龙藏品和长期在古生物学领域的领导地位而闻名的博物馆中占据显赫位置，更令人兴奋的是，它使我们能够围绕这一非凡且具有重要科学意义的样本开展专门的剑龙研究。”
Of the more than 80 stegosauri made available to scientific institutions, very few are substantially complete, the statement said. Apex is the most complete specimen ever found, Decatur said. With about 80% of its 320 bones preserved, it is miraculous for creature that has been dead for 150 million years. The specimen is also prized by scientists because it is estimated to have died at a relatively old age, and it could reveal insights into stegosaurus metabolism and bone growth.
声明称，在科学机构获得的80多具剑龙遗骸中，完整度高的寥寥无几。迪凯特说，Apex是迄今为止发现的最完整的样本。它320块骨头中约有80%被保存了下来，对于一个已经死亡1.5亿年的生物来说，这简直是个奇迹。该样本也受到科学家的青睐，因为它据估计是在相对高龄时死亡的，可能揭示出剑龙的新陈代谢和骨骼生长方面的信息。
Scientists will make CT scans of the internal structures of the dinosaur's skull and analyze a small sample extracted from one of its giant thigh bones, the statement said.
声明称，科学家将对恐龙头骨的内部结构进行CT扫描，并分析从其巨型大腿骨中提取的一个小样本。
"As exciting as is it is to have this dinosaur on display, it is even more exciting to have the opportunity to study it and make important scientific data available for research," said Roger Benson, who curates the American Museum of Natural History's fossil amphibians, reptiles, birds and plants.
美国自然历史博物馆化石两栖动物、爬行动物、鸟类和植物馆馆长罗杰·本森说：“虽然能展出这具恐龙令人兴奋，但有机会研究它并将重要的科学数据用于研究更令人兴奋。”
The museum's paleontologists have a long record of breaking ground in dinosaur research, including identifying the first dinosaur eggs and early evidence of dinosaur feathers, the statement said.
该博物馆的古生物学家在恐龙研究领域有着悠久的开创性记录，包括发现了第一枚恐龙蛋和恐龙羽毛的早期证据，声明称。
Commercial paleontologist Jason Cooper discovered in Apex on his land near Dinosaur, Colorado, on the Utah border near Dinosaur National Monument.
商业古生物学家杰森·库珀在靠近科罗拉多州恐龙镇、犹他州边界附近的恐龙国家纪念碑附近自己的土地上发现了Apex。
Griffin's successful $44.6 million bid for Apex over the summer set a record for dinosaur remains, beating out the $31.8 million paid for "Stan," the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex sold in 2020. Like Apex, the Stan fossils were purchased by a private individual with plans to make it available to the public. The T. rex has been slated to be on display in Abu Dhabi, in United Arab Emirates, at a museum that opens in late 2025.
格里芬今夏以4460万美元成功竞购Apex，创下了恐龙遗骸拍卖价格的新纪录，超过了2020年以3180万美元售出的霸王龙“斯坦”遗骸的价格。和Apex一样，斯坦化石也是由一位私人买家购得，并计划向公众展示。这头霸王龙预计将于2025年底在阿拉伯联合酋长国阿布扎比的一家博物馆展出。
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