BARRY - Lot 1

BARRY Iguanodontia, Camptosaurus sp. Morrison Formation Tithonian, Upper Jurassic (150-145 Ma) Discovered around 2000 in Crook County, Wyoming, USA H. 210 cm - L. 500 cm - W. 150 cm Extraordinary in appearance and size, Barry is an adult specimen of the Camptosauridae, belonging to the iguanodont group. His rebirth is a journey to the heart of paleontology. Barry was discovered on private property in Crook County, Wyoming Crook County, Wyoming, in the 2000s by paleontologist Barry James, after whom it was named. Director of Prehistoric Journeys, one of the most renowned paleontological laboratories in the United States, Barry James assembled the iguanodon existing knowledge of the anatomy of these dinosaurs, which were beginning to dinosaurs, which was only just beginning to be called into question. In what could be described as a "first renaissance", Barry resembled the iguanodonts of Bernissart (Belgium) and evoked, according to Louis Dollo's outdated reconstruction, a giant kangaroo. It was part of the collection of a famous American neuroscientist and astrophysicist. astrophysicist, who exhibited it in her Colorado home for over 20 years residence in Colorado until 2022, when she decided to part with it. part with it. Barry is now enjoying its second rebirth. Completely dismantled, each of his bones has been carefully studied and analyzed and reassembled in a position faithful to current scientific scientific data.