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LOT 2454
Natural History - Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton
EARLY TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 255 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 in. (713 grams, 23 cm).
Barasaurus besairiei reptile on a matrix.
ProvenanceFrom Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.
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LOT 2454
Natural History - Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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