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LOT 2473
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.
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