Fossil Plesiosaur 'Maine Dinosaur' Vertebrae Pair

JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 6/8 - 4 1/8 in. (1000 grams total, 95 - 105 mm).

Comprising two main bodies, one with remains of other bone fragments to the side. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Literature

See O’Keefe, F.R., The evolution of plesiosaur and pliosaur morphotypes in the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), 2002, Paleobiology, 28: 101-112.

CONDITION

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LOT 2473