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LOT 3132
Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton in Matrix
LATE PERMIAN-EARLY TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 255 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 1/4 in. (486 grams, 20.9 cm).
Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration.
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.
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LOT 3132
Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton in Matrix
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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