Biggest and 'most complete' dinosaur skeleton to go on sale on Nov 16 in Paris

The stage is set for Vulcain one of the biggest dinosaurs that roamed the earth 150 million years ago to go under the hammer on November 16 in ParisFrench auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa have announced that the most complete and largest dino skeleton to be auctioned has already crossed its original estimates to USD 11 USD 22 million approx Rs 92185 crore since preregistration bidding opened in JulyThe majestic Apatosaurus skeleton was discovered in Wyoming in the US in 2018 and measures 2050 metres with approximately 80 per cent of bones belonging to the same dinosaur making it the most complete dinosaur skeleton to be discoveredVulcain is the largest and most complete dinosaur that stands above them all It is the ancient find of a lifetime Olivier Collin du Bocage founder and auctioneer of Collin du Bocage said in a statementWith the market for dinosaur skeleton continuing to surge since the sale of TRex Sue in 1997 for USD 84 million and the record sale of iquestApexiquest Stegosaurus for USD 446 million dollars earlier this year the sale of Vulcain is expected to be one for the record booksThe purchaser will be given the GPS point and excavation plan together with an osteological map and the rights to officially rename the dinosaur as well as copyrights of the specimenVulcain one of the most complete sauropod fossils from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation has been studied by renowned paleontology experts including Christian Foth from the University of Rostock in Germany who recently uncovered the specimen to be a new dinosaur speciesAccording to their analysis the Vulcain dinosaur shares features common to both Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus but matches more closely with Apatosaurus ajax while sharing characteristics with Apatosaurus louisae another recognised species of ApatosaurusThus this unique mix of characteristics suggests it could represent an intermediate species between Apatosaurus ajax and Apatosaurus louisaeBased on materials and deposits found in the fossiliferous soil layer it was classified as an herbivoreIn comparison with the Apatosaurus specimen on display at the Natural History Museum in New York which is made up of the skeletons of three different individual dinosaurs Vulcain is 80 percent a complete dinosaur and also possesses a part of its skull and gastralia floating bones which are rare elements absent from most of the specimens foundAlready in the field we could see that it was impressive a sort of giant Mikado We were very impressed because not only is the apatosaurus much rarer than the diplodocus but we could also see that it was an exceptional specimen said Pascal Godefroit palaeontology at Belgiums Royal Institute of Natural SciencesGodefroit had witnessed the discovery of Vulcain as his team was working on the same site excavating a DiplodocusThese findings along with the palaeontology community and scientists at fossil fairs and the art and auction world all abuzz about the rise of dinosaur specimens has raised greater interest and speculation surrounding where Vulcain will go home to after going under the gavel on November 16The giant American dinosaur has been on display at the Chacircteau de DampierreenYvelines outside Paris and has received a record number of more than 40000 visitors to date since the exhibition opened in JulyThe dinosaur will be on public exhibition from November 3 to 16 at the 17th century chateauThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever