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LOT 2657
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.
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