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live November 26 | 03:00 PM
Lyon & Turnbull

12 - FOSSIL OF AN EARLY AMPHIBIAN, DISCOSAURISCUS PULCHERRIMUS

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£480 (€576)

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Estimation

£600 - 900 (€710 - 1,100)

Sale fees

33.6%

FOSSIL OF AN EARLY AMPHIBIAN, DISCOSAURISCUS PULCHERRIMUS CZECHIA, LOWER PERMIAN, C. 290 MILLION YEARS B.P. a finely preserved specimen of the early amphibian Discosauriscus pulcherrimus 22cm width Discosauriscus was a small, extinct tetrapod that lived during the Early Permian, approximately 290 million years ago in what is now Central Europe. Its remains are known from freshwater lake deposits and include skulls and partial examples to relatively complete skeletons such as the present example. The species predates the earliest known dinosaurs by more than fifty million years, having lived during the Early Permian, long before the emergence of dinosaurs in the Late Triassic.

Auction details

Form Through Time
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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