V souvrstv\u00ed Hell Creek v Ji\u017en\u00ed Dakot\u011b byla objevena pozoruhodn\u011b dob\u0159e zachoval\u00e1 lebka Tyrannosaurus rexe s p\u0159ezd\u00edvkou Maximus. Paleontologov\u00e9 odhaduj\u00ed, \u017ee lebka je star\u00e1 p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b 76 milion\u016f let, co\u017e z n\u00ed \u010din\u00ed jeden z nejkompletn\u011bj\u0161\u00edch exempl\u00e1\u0159\u016f T. rexe, jak\u00e9 kdy byly objeveny. Jej\u00ed v\u00fdjime\u010dn\u00fd stav a v\u011bdeck\u00e1 integrita vedou odborn\u00edky k p\u0159edpov\u011bdi ohromuj\u00edc\u00ed auk\u010dn\u00ed ceny 15 a\u017e 20 milion\u016f dolar\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
Sotheby’s, renomovan\u00e1 auk\u010dn\u00ed s\u00ed\u0148, nab\u00eddne Maximus k prodeji b\u011bhem \u017eiv\u00e9 aukce v New Yorku 9. prosince. Lebka, um\u00edst\u011bn\u00e1 na \u017eelezn\u00e9m podstavci, v\u00e1\u017e\u00ed impozantn\u00edch 200 liber a m\u011b\u0159\u00ed 6 stop a 7,5 palce na v\u00fd\u0161ku. V\u0161echny kosti poch\u00e1zej\u00ed z jedin\u00e9ho jedince T. rexe, co\u017e je vz\u00e1cn\u00fd v\u00fdskyt. Zubat\u00e9 \u010delistn\u00ed prvky lebky a \u010detn\u00e9 neporu\u0161en\u00e9 kosti d\u00e1le zvy\u0161uj\u00ed jej\u00ed v\u011bdeckou hodnotu.<\/p>\n\n
Zaj\u00edmavost\u00ed je, \u017ee lebka Maximova obsahuje dva velk\u00e9 vpichy, co\u017e nazna\u010duje, \u017ee se T. rex mohl \u00fa\u010dastnit l\u00edt\u00fdch boj\u016f s jin\u00fdmi dinosaury, mo\u017en\u00e1 dokonce s dal\u0161\u00edm T. rexem. P\u0159esto\u017ee p\u0159esn\u00e1 p\u0159\u00ed\u010dina jeho smrti z\u016fst\u00e1v\u00e1 nezn\u00e1m\u00e1, tyto vpichy poskytuj\u00ed pohled do agresivn\u00ed a sout\u011b\u017eiv\u00e9 povahy t\u011bchto prav\u011bk\u00fdch tvor\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
Praxe auk\u010dn\u00edho prodeje fosili\u00ed dinosaur\u016f soukrom\u00fdm z\u00e1jemc\u016fm vyvolala kontroverze mezi paleontology a odborn\u00edky. N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee soukrom\u00ed sb\u011bratel\u00e9 mohou tyto cenn\u00e9 exempl\u00e1\u0159e hromadit nebo zabr\u00e1nit jejich vystaven\u00ed ve ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch muze\u00edch. Jin\u00ed vyjad\u0159uj\u00ed obavy, \u017ee vysok\u00e9 ceny mohou povzbudit neleg\u00e1ln\u00ed vykop\u00e1vky fosili\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Navzdory kontroverz\u00edm hraj\u00ed soukrom\u00ed sb\u011bratel\u00e9 v\u00fdznamnou roli v zachov\u00e1n\u00ed a \u0161\u00ed\u0159en\u00ed fosili\u00ed. Mnoho sb\u011bratel\u016f je v\u00e1\u0161niv\u00fdch pro paleontologii a \u010dasto p\u016fj\u010duj\u00ed nebo daruj\u00ed sv\u00e9 exempl\u00e1\u0159e muze\u00edm pro v\u00fdzkum a ve\u0159ejnou expozici. \u010cinitel\u00e9 spole\u010dnosti Sotheby’s tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee soukrom\u00ed kupci nakonec p\u0159isp\u00edvaj\u00ed k dostupnosti t\u011bchto fosili\u00ed pro v\u011bdeck\u00e9 studie.<\/p>\n\n
Nadch\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00ed aukce Maximova n\u00e1sleduje po ned\u00e1vn\u00e9m prodeji t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 kompletn\u00ed fos\u00edlie Deinonychus antirrhopus za 12,4 milionu dolar\u016f spole\u010dnost\u00ed Christie’s. Christie’s nav\u00edc pl\u00e1nuje tento m\u011bs\u00edc v Hongkongu nab\u00eddnout kompletn\u00ed kostru T. rexe s odhadovanou hodnotou 15 a\u017e 25 milion\u016f dolar\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
Zat\u00edmco soukrom\u00ed sb\u011bratel\u00e9 mohou z\u00edsk\u00e1vat fos\u00edlie, \u010dasto je zp\u0159\u00edstup\u0148uj\u00ed v\u011bdc\u016fm ke studiu a anal\u00fdze. Zap\u016fj\u010den\u00edm nebo darov\u00e1n\u00edm t\u011bchto exempl\u00e1\u0159\u016f muze\u00edm usnad\u0148uj\u00ed soukrom\u00ed sb\u011bratel\u00e9 \u0161\u00ed\u0159en\u00ed v\u011bdeck\u00fdch poznatk\u016f a podporuj\u00ed ve\u0159ejn\u00e9 zapojen\u00ed do paleontologie.<\/p>\n\n
Nadch\u00e1zej\u00edc\u00ed aukce lebky T. rexe Maximova je sv\u011bdectv\u00edm o trval\u00e9 fascinaci dinosaury a d\u016fle\u017eitosti zachov\u00e1n\u00ed jejich poz\u016fstatk\u016f. A\u0165 u\u017e ji z\u00edsk\u00e1 soukrom\u00fd sb\u011bratel nebo ve\u0159ejn\u00e1 instituce, tento pozoruhodn\u00fd exempl\u00e1\u0159 nepochybn\u011b p\u0159isp\u011bje k na\u0161emu pochopen\u00ed t\u011bchto prehistorick\u00fdch obr\u016f a jejich interakc\u00ed s prav\u011bk\u00fdm sv\u011btem.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
T. Rex lebka s n\u00e1zvem Maximus by se mohla prodat za 20 milion\u016f dolar\u016f Objev a v\u00fdznam V souvrstv\u00ed Hell Creek v Ji\u017en\u00ed Dakot\u011b byla objevena pozoruhodn\u011b dob\u0159e zachoval\u00e1 lebka…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[17078,134,239,137,661,141,18343,2049],"class_list":["post-16240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paleontology","tag-auctions","tag-dinosaurs","tag-fossils","tag-paleontology","tag-prehistoric","tag-natural-history","tag-t-rex","tag-scientific-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16241,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16240\/revisions\/16241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}