The well-preserved Camptosaurus is composed of more than 80 percent original bone.
. Italian laboratory Zoic carried out further restoration work on the skeleton after acquiring it last year to get it in line with current scientific standards. “It is an extremely well-preserved specimen, which is quite rare,” said Alexandre Giquello of Hotel Drouot. “To take the example of its skull, the skull is complete at 90 percent and the rest of the dinosaur is complete at 80 percent.”
Measuring nearly 16 feet long and seven feet tall, Barry is part of the Iguanodontidae family, which was one of the earliest groups of dinosaurs to be discovered. The bones were unearthed in Wyoming’s fossil-rich Morrison Formation. It was quite an unusual discovery, as ornithopod dinosaurs represent about 14 percent of the specimens found in the area.
Despite some criticism from the scientific community, dinosaur bones have become coveted collectibles. In fact,
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