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LOT 0438
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
NATURAL HISTORY - FOSSIL KEICHOUSAURUS MARINE REPTILE SKELETON
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250 MILLION YEARS B.P.
14 in. (2.8 kg, 35.5 cm).
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250 MILLION YEARS B.P.
14 in. (2.8 kg, 35.5 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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