Mystery dinosaur skeleton sold for over $2 million at Paris auction could be new species

A 30-foot-long dinosaur skeleton sold for more than $2.3 million at an auction at  the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday.

The unidentified 150 million-year-old skeleton, which was discovered at Morrison Formation site in Wyoming in 2013, could belong to an unknown species. What's known about the skeleton, which is 70% intact, is only that it belonged to a carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period, Eric Mickeler, who works for the Aguttes auction, told Agence France-Presse.

It was legally sold to a buyer who wishes to remain anonymous. 

“The buyer is French and he told me before the sale ... ‘if I get it, I would present it to the public’ and this is amazing,” auctioneer Claude Aguttes told Reuters.

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