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LOT 0394
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 3/8 in. (3.95 kg, 34 cm).
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix.
Provenance
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Footnotes
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
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LOT 0394
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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