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LOT 3067
Liopleurodon Apex Marine Predator Fossil Vertebra
MIDDLE JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 160 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (1.16 kg, 14.1 cm wide).
The vertebra with concave depressions on both faces, two pairs of small processes on the outer face and a pair of ventrolateral crests.
ProvenanceFrom Farringdon Clay, Oxfordshire, UK.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
Liopleurodon is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurs that could reach over 8 meters in length. It had two pairs of flippers, a short neck and a long head. Various studies have shown it to have been an ambush predator that fed on cephalopods, marine reptiles and fish.
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LOT 3067
Liopleurodon Apex Marine Predator Fossil Vertebra
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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