rolling natural history buffs will get a crack at buying a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex next month at a Las Vegas Strip auction. Experts say the 170 bones discovered more than 15 years ago in South Dakota represent more than half the skeleton of a 40-foot-long (12-meter-long), 7.5 ton dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago. San Francisco-based auctioneer Bonhams and amp; Butterfields is hoping that bids for the T. rex dubbed “Samson” will top $6 million Oct. 3 at the Venetian hotel
