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LOT 0449
Natural History - Fossil Barasaurus Parareptile Skeleton
EARLY TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 255 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 in. (2.37 kg, 23 cm wide).
A complete fossil Barasaurus besairiei skeleton on a matrix.
Provenance
From Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Footnotes
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.
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LOT 0449
Natural History - Fossil Barasaurus Parareptile Skeleton
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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