Lot 646
Double Keichousaurus Skeletons. Keichousaurus hui was the 240 million year old ancestor from Guizhou Province, China of the famous long necked sea reptiles Plesiosaurus which was made famous as possibly being the mysterious Loch Ness monster. Keichousaurus was older than any dinosaur, lived in the ocean and had a long, flexible neck, tiny sharp teeth, webbed feet and a tail as long as its neck. This 10 x 7.5 inch light gray slab contains two original black Keichousaurs 7 and 6 inches long adults both possessing excellent 3-D well defined bones. The larger 7 inch specimen is virtually complete buried upside down with two legs and digits and perhaps parts of the other two legs still buried under the matrix. The top specimen is 6 inches long buried with the dorsal side up and is somewhat disarticulated with only one leg visible. Both specimens possess excellent skulls with one preserved upside down with the delicate bottom jaws preserved and the other with the top view with even one of the small pointed black teeth visible. What makes this specimen so desirable is its originality and its highly esthetic appearance with one specimen lying on top of the other at different heights on the original matrix which has a series of concentric curved lines that indicate the different layers of deposit.
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Estimated Value $700 - 1,000.
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