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LOT 2595
Mesosaurus Fossil Reptile Skeleton
LOWER PERMIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 285 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 1/2 in. (1.11 kg total, 26.7 cm).
A complete preserved Mesosaurus brasiliensis skeleton in limestone.
ProvenanceFrom the Irati-Formation, Parana Delta, Brazil.
From a Berkshire, UK, collection.
The mesosaurs were fast swimming predators which lived in fresh water, probably preying on small fish, insects and other aquatic invertebrates.
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