Dinosaur skeleton fetches 6 million euros in Paris sale

The skeleton of a 22-metre-long dinosaur fetched six million euros Saturday according to information given by auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa. An anonymous collector snapped up the vegetarian apatosaurus, which was dug up in the United States, for 4.7 million euros rising to 6 million including costs.

The skeleton of the giant herbivore is made up of 75 to 80 percent of the original bones and is roughly 150 million years old. Auctioneers said on its website that it was "the biggest dinosaur ever sold at auction worldwide". The buyer pledged to allow it to be displayed in a museum.