Dinosaur Fossil For Sale

150-million-year-old bones of predatory teenage Allosaurus will be auctioned in the UK.

19:19 26 November 2015

In 2010, a dinosaur hunter discovered a complete set of rare juvenile Allosaurus bones in a quarry in Wyoming. It includes an articulated skull and a full set of teeth. The 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossil will be auctioned in the UK and is expected to fetch up to £500,000.

 

The dinosaur lived during the late Jurassic Period and was one of the largest predators of its time.

 

Rupert van der Werff, director at Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst, West Sussex, which is hosting the sale, said: "We expect a lot of European and Asian interest in this.

 

"The Allosaurus, together with the T-Rex, has become the quintessentially large, carnivorous dinosaur in western popular culture.

 

"Given the size of this Allosaurus it also adds the cute factor and it may not just attract interest from museums, but could also be the wow factor in luxurious living rooms."