Lot 923
Unusual Pair of 240 Million Year Old Mini Guizhou Dragons, Marine Reptiles. Better known as Keichousaurus, these mini dragon have been collected and highly valued for good luck by Chinese for hundreds of years.This 10 x 8 inch slab has not one but two large specimens, one on each side of side of the slab. The largest and better preserved specimen is 9 inches long virtually complete with only a couple of the tiny digits and claws of feet and very tip of the tail missing. The ribs, tail, tiny foot bones and in partiicular a good skull are black in color sitting on a 10 x 8 inch lighter brwon matrix. The second Keichousaurus on the back of the matrix is 8.5 inches long and also above average although the skull is not as detailed and there are few more missing foot digits and claws. Keichousaurus, an early ancestor to the long necked Plesiosaur, also gave birth to live young rather than returning to dry land to lay eggs. This is a very dramatic specimen with two fossils on either side of the same matrix.
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Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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| Realized $661 |
