ZURICH, Switzerland: A composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton called "Trinity," made up of bones from three different T-rexes, sold for 5.5 million Swiss francs ($6.1 million) in a rare auction on Tuesday.

Estimated to be 65 to 67 million years old, the skeleton was sold at the Koller auction house in northern Swiss city of Zurich after being shipped from the United States in nine giant crates.

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