Fossil Plesiosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra

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

5 7/8 in. (960 grams, 15 cm).

Retaining the majority of the body of the vertebra. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex 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 2657