A remarkably well-preserved dinosaur skeleton, a Camptosaurus known as Barry that was taken out from the late Jurassic period some 150 million years ago, will go under a rare auction in Paris next month.
The dinosaur, which was first uncovered in the 1990s in Wyoming, the state of the United States, was initially restored in 2000 by paleontologist Barry James, from whom the skeleton of the dinosaur got its name.
Italian laboratory Zoic, which received Barry the previous year, has done other restoration work on the skeleton, which is 2.10 meters (6.9 feet) tall and 5 meters (16.4 feet) long.
Alexandre Giquello, from Paris auction house Hotel Drouot where the sale will take place, said that it is an exceptionally well-preserved example, which is quite rare.
He added that to take the specimen of its skull, the skull is complete at 90 percent and the rest of the dinosaur (skeleton) is complete at 80 percent.
Giquello said that the specimens of the dinosaur on the art market remain rare, with no more than a couple of sales a year worldwide.
The skeleton, which will be displayed to the public in mid-October before the sale, is expected to fetch up to $1.28 million (1.2 million euros).
