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LOT 2280
Fossil Plesiosaur Vertebra
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (1.02 kg, 16 cm).
Retaining the majority of the body of the vertebra. [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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