SOLD! The world's biggest triceratops skeleton sells for $7.7 million. 🦴 💰 ➡ The enormous skeleton, known as “Big John,” was sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) Thursday to a private collector at a Paris auction house. It is estimated to be over 66 million years old, was found in 2014 in South Dakota. Big John, named after the owner of the land where it was found, is certified by the Guinness World Records as the largest documented skeleton of a triceratops. The skeleton is 7.15 meters long (23 feet), stands 2.7 meters high (8 feet) at the hips, and has two large horns over 1.1 meter long (3.6 feet). The dinosaur died in an ancient flood plain on the island continent stretching from present-day Alaska to Mexico, allowing the conservation of its skeleton in mud. 📸 : Francois Mori, AP | #triceratops #fossils #dinosaurs #skeleton #auction