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PARIS (Reuters) – An unusually well-preserved dinosaur skeleton, a Camptosaurus known as Barry dating back to the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago, will be auctioned in Paris next month.
The dinosaur, first discovered in the 1990s in the US state of Wyoming, was first restored in 2000 by paleontologist Barry James, after whom it is named.
Italian laboratory Zoic, which acquired Barry last year, has carried out further restoration work on the skeleton, which measures 2.10 meters (6.9 feet) high and 5 meters (16.4 feet) long.
(1/4)FILE PHOTO-On display is the skeleton of an adult dinosaur named Barry, a large Camptosaurus specimen from the late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago, with remarkable preservation and one of the most complete skulls ever documented for the species. at the Drouot auction house in Acquire license rights
“It is an extremely well-preserved example, which is quite rare,” said Alexandre Giquello of the Parisian auction house Hotel Drouot, where the sale will take place.
“To take the example of its skull, the skull is 90% complete and the rest of the dinosaur (skeleton) is 80% complete,” he said.
Dinosaur specimens on the art market remain rare, with no more than a couple of sales a year worldwide, Giquello said.
The skeleton, which will be shown to the public in mid-October before the sale, is expected to fetch up to €1.2 million ($1.28 million).
Reporting by Louise Dalmasso. Editing by Jane Merriman
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