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LOT 2347
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (247 grams, 87 mm).
A vertebra with neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old German paleontological collection.
Footnotes
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.
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LOT 2347
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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