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LOT 2999
Fossil Ichthyosaur Skeleton
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 246-237 MILLION YEARS B.P.
25 3/8 in. (10 kg, 64.5 cm).
Ichthyosaur from the Mixosaurus genus, with several small teeth visible in the mouth, large eye sockets, many of the spinous processes present on the spine, and a large number of the flipper bones present on both the fore and hind paddles.
ProvenanceFrom the Guanling Biota formation, China.
Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan.
From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Originally, ichthyosaur fossils were misidentified as ‘Saurian ’-being either lizards or forms of crocodile. The term 'Ichthyosaur' was first used in 1817 by the German naturalist Karl Dietrich Eberhard Konig, and he did not publish the name until 1825. By the 1830s, the name Ichthyosaur was widely used. Mixosaurus is considered to be a transitional genus that was smaller in size than the later dolphin-like Ichthyosaurs.
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LOT 2999
Fossil Ichthyosaur Skeleton
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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Perisphinctid Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 174-145 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing on both sides. 430 grams, 11.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Otodus Extinct Shark Fossil Teeth Group
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two large Otodus obliquus teeth. 43.8 grams total, 47-62 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Ichthyosaur Skull and Partial Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 246-237 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Featuring the top of the skull with an exposed left eye socket and part of the lower jaw also visible, a number of the cervical vertebrae present, as well as ribs and part of the right scapula. 5.75 kg, 36 cm
From the Guanling Biota formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Originally, ichthyosaur fossils were misidentified as ‘Saurian’, being either lizards or forms of crocodile. The term 'Ichthyosaur' was first used in 1817 by the German naturalist Karl Dietrich Eberhard Konig, and he did not publish the name until 1825. By the 1830s, the name Ichthyosaur was widely used.
