Barry James

An almost fully complete dinosaur skeleton will be sold at auction In Paris next month.

The rare 150 million-year-old camptosaurus was first discovered in the 1990s in the US by palaeontologist Barry James .

Named Barry after The Man who found him in Wyoming, experts said he is " extremely well preserved".

The skeleton is expected to fetch up to €1. 2m ($1. 2m, £970,000) at Hotel Drouot on 20 October.

Dating back to the late Jurassic period and after two restorations in 2000 and 2022, Barry measures 2. 1 metres (6. 9 feet) tall and 5 metres (16. 4 ft) long.

It is unusual to see a dinosaur skeleton so in tact, said Alexandre Giquello, from the Auction House Hotel Drouot .

" To take the example of its skull, The Skull is complete at 90% and the rest of the dinosaur is complete at 80%, " He Said .

Sales of dinosaur fossils are rare, with only a small number taking place each year globally - although some experts have raised concerns about specimens finding their way into private hands.

In April, a for the First Time in Europe.

Speaking to The Bbc at The Time , Prof Steve Brusatte, a dinosaur expert at Edinburgh University, said he was concerned The Skeletons , which are " scientifically very valuable" could " disappear into the vaults of private collectors".

Source of news: bbc.com