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live November 26 | 03:00 PM
Lyon & Turnbull

11 - TRIPLE KEICHOUSAURUS HUI SPECIMEN

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£800 (€959)

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£1,000 - 1,500 (€1,100 - 1,800)

Sale fees

33.6%

TRIPLE KEICHOUSAURUS HUI SPECIMEN XINGYI, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA, TRIASSIC PERIOD, 240 MILLION YEARS B.P. three finely preserved Keichousaurus huispecimens, set within a slate matrix plate 26 x 18cm Provenance: Private collection, London, United Kingdom, acquired 2000s Distantly related to plesiosaurs, the small Keichousaurus huiwas a species of marine reptile that lived around 240 million years ago in the warm, shallow coastal seas that covered parts of what is now southern China. These were clear, tropical lagoons dotted with reefs and teeming with shellfish, small fish, and other early marine reptiles. With its slender neck and paddle-like limbs, Keichousaurus likely moved gracefully through the water, hunting small prey among coral outcrops and seafloor sediments.

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Thursday, November 26
03:00 PM
22 Connaught Street
W2 2AF London, United Kingdom

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Lyon & Turnbull +44 1 31 55 78 844 info@lyonandturnbull.com
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 4,000 lots published

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