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.

Provenance

From the Irati-Formation, Parana Delta, Brazil.
From a Berkshire, UK, collection.

Footnotes

The mesosaurs were fast swimming predators which lived in fresh water, probably preying on small fish, insects and other aquatic invertebrates.

CONDITION

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LOT 2595