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LOT 0448

Estimate
GBP (£) 1,200 - 1,700
EUR (€) 1,390 - 1,970
USD ($) 1,610 - 2,280

NATURAL HISTORY - PAIR OF BARASAURUS SKELETONS
EARLY TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 255 MILLION YEARS B.P.
11 5/8 in. (2.08 kg, 29.5 cm wide).

A pair of complete fossil Barasaurus besairiei skeletons 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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