Rare dinosaur "Barry" up for sale at Paris auction

An almost complete dinosaur skeleton will be sold at auction in Paris next month. The 150 million-year-old camptosaurus was discovered in the 1990s in the US state of Wyoming. It was named Barry after Barry James, the palaeontologist who found it. Experts say the skeleton is "extremely well preserved". It is expected to fetch up to €1.2m in an auction at Hotel Drouot on 20 October. Barry dates back to the late Jurassic period and measures 2.1m tall and 5m long. Alexandre Giquello, from the auction house Hotel Drouot, said it was unusual to see a dinosaur skeleton so intact.

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skeleton 骨干；骨骼

camptosaurus 弯龙属

paleontologist 古生物学家（pale- = old，onto- 存在）

intact 完好无损的（tact- = touch，接触）