Dinosaur fit for the living room to be sold at Paris auction

The iguanodon is estimated to have lived more than 150 million years ago

Last updated: September 07, 2022 | 20:11

Reuters and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Paris: A small dinosaur skeleton will go on sale in Paris next month and is estimated to sell for between 400,000 and 500,000 euros ($495,000), auction house Giquello said.

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Unlike huge dinosaur skeletons sold at earlier auctions, the fossilized iguanodon skeleton stands just 1.3 metre high and is three metres (9.8 ft) long.

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It was discovered in 2019 in Colorado, U.S., during road-building on private land.

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"It's a dinosaur for a living room," auctioneer Alexandre Giquello said, referring to the size.

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The creature is estimated to have lived more than 150 million years ago. Its remains have been restored by a team of Italian paleontologists.

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The skeleton will be auctioned on October 20. In 2020, the same auction house sold a 3.5 metre (11 feet) high and 10 metre long dinosaur skeleton for 3 million euros.

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Expert Iacopo Briano shows the skull of Zephyr, the Jurassic age (161-145 million years) dinosaur skeleton discovered in 2019 in Colorado, U.S., displayed at Giquello auction house in Paris, France.

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