France Risks Losing One of Its Most Beautiful Dinosaurs at an Auction
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In the absence of legal status for the paleontological heritage in France, public museums are unable to attend the auction of their most important works.
In 1994, a mayor of Calvados discovered in the stone of Caen a 167 million-year-old carnaisseur. Thirty years later, his skeleton was about to be awarded with a hammer.
It has spent 167 million years, survived the extinction of dinosaurs and allowed French researchers to make an exceptional discovery. Yet, in a few days, this scientific treasure could definitely escape those who studied it: behind this sale to the...
A 167 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton will be auctioned on November 18, 2026. This fossil is of vital importance for paleontologists and for science in general. How can these pieces be protected and kept in public institutions so that the public and scientists can still have access to them?
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