Dinosaur fossil responsible for inspiring 'Jurassic Park' sold for almost £10m

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Daily Mail.The specimen is said to be in a "remarkable state of preservation” and consists of 126 original fossils on a custom-built frame, according to Christie’s auction house in New York.Hector is the largest and most complete specimen of its kind ever discovered – although part of its skeleton and most of its skull are reconstructed, the auction house said.He is also said to be the world's only privately owned Deinonychus fossil, as most dinosaur fossils belong to museums.The lot was expected to sell for somewhere between $4 to $6 million but instead brought in a jaw-dropping $12.4 million on Wednesday (May 11).It was purchased by an anonymous buyer.Keep up to date with all the latest news stories.

by signing up for one of Daily Star's free newsletters here.The specimen, which dates to the Cretaceous period was evacuated from Montana back in 2013 by Jack and Roberta Owen, self-taught paleontologists,However, Hector isn’t the first dinosaur to be privately sold.