Lot 675
Recently Discovered Sinohydrosaurus. China, 125 million yeards old. This rather new reptile, the Sinohydrosaurus Lingyuanensis, was found in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province, in northeast China, and formally described and named only in 1999. Here we see it curved in its death throes, bedded in a manganese spotted limestone. Sinohydrosaurus was neither a fish nor an amphibian. In the manner of the present day whale or dolphin, it was a reptile that descended from a land-dwelling ancestor to become a fresh-water dweller. This creature looks very similar to the Keichousaurus, but is smaller, different in structure and a much newer creature, by about 100 million years, than the Keichousaurus. Length: c. 20". Matrix: 19-1/2" x 9-3/8". Weight: 4.5 pounds. Rare.
Estimated Value $600 - 850.
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