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Dinosaur bones evoking Loch Ness monster to be auctioned: Sotheby's

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Sotheby" s="" Auction="" House="" displays="" the="" skeleton="" of="" prehistoric="" predator="" in="" New="" July="" The="" fossils="" a="" Pteranodon="" and="" Plesiosaur="" date="" to="" late="" Cretaceous="" period="" lower="" Jurassic="" more="" than="" million="" years="" ago.="" Its="" auction="" is="" EPA-EFE="" Peter="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/07/12/dinosaur.jpg"/><figcaption>Sotheby&#x27;s Auction House displays the skeleton of the prehistoric predator Plesiosaur, in New York, New York, USA, 10 July 2023 (issued 11 July 2023). The fossils of a Pteranodon and Plesiosaur date to the late Cretaceous period and lower Jurassic periods, more than 83 million years ago. Its auction date is 26 July 2023.<em> EPA-EFE/Peter Foley</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>NEW YORK, United States - Two mounted dinosaur skeletons -- one a fierce flying reptile of the kind seen in the &quot;Jurassic Park&quot; movies and the other evocative of the Loch Ness monster -- will be auctioned off this month in New York, Sotheby&#x27;s said Tuesday.</p><p>The latter, called Nessie after the legendary elusive beast plying the depths of a Scottish lake, is estimated to draw between $600,000 and $800,000, Sotheby&#x27;s said.</p><p>A kind of dinosaur called a plesiosaur, it was last auctioned in Paris in 2010 and at the time had come from a private museum in Germany.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/12/22/21/perfectly-preserved-dinosaur-embryo-discovered-in-china">Preserved dinosaur embryo in China was preparing to hatch like a bird: scientists</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/09/11/21/flying-dragon-dinosaur-roamed-southern-skies-scientists">&#x27;Flying Dragon&#x27; dinosaur roamed the southern skies too, scientists say</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/06/10/22/white-rock-spinosaurid-was-europes-largest-predatory-dinosaur">White Rock spinosaurid was Europe&#x27;s &#x27;largest predatory dinosaur&#x27;: scientists</a></li></ul><p>The remains, which are nearly 11 feet (3.4 meters) long, were found in a quarry in England in 1990. The skeleton is about 75 percent complete and in exceptional condition, said Cassandra Hotton, Sotheby&#x27;s head of Science and Popular Culture.</p><p>With its small head, long neck and flippers, the plesiosaur lived in the Lower Jurassic period about 190 million years ago.</p><p>&quot;The history of the Plesiosaur is also intertwined with the elusive Loch Ness monster of Scottish folklore, as many have drawn morphological comparisons between the Plesiosaur and the infamous &#x27;Nessie,&#x27; whose sightings stretch back to the sixth century,&quot; Sotheby&#x27;s said in a news release.</p><p>This one will be auctioned on July 26 at a Sotheby&#x27;s event focused on natural history.</p><p>Also on offer will be a flying reptile called a pteranodon, with a wing span of about 20 feet (six meters) and estimated at $4 million to $6 million.</p><p>Named Horus after an Egyptian god, this particular specimen was found in the US state of Kansas. At Sotheby&#x27;s galleries it is displayed outstretched in a flying position.</p><p>&quot;Other than standard bone joining and stabilization, almost all of the original fossil bones remain essentially unrestored, meaning that artificial filler was not used to replace missing bone sections,&quot; the auction house said.</p><p>It noted that this kind of creature made frequent appearances in the &quot;Jurassic Park&quot; film franchise.</p><p>Fossils from prehistoric animals are now big draws at auctions.</p><p>The record in terms of money was a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton that sold for $31.8 million in 2020.</p><div><strong>arb/cha/dw/st</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1872049" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A kind of dinosaur called a plesiosaur, it was last auctioned in Paris in 2010 and at the time had come from a private museum in Germany.