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A TRIASSIC REPTILE

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A TRIASSIC REPTILE
<B>A TRIASSIC REPTILE</B></I><BR> <I>Keichousaurus hui<BR>Triassic<BR>Tingziao Formation, Guizhou Province, People's Republic Of China</B></I><BR>This virtually complete fossil skeleton is of a group of primitive reptiles known as the Sauropterygia and broadly classified with the Northosauridae, of which this particular species is the <I>keichosaur hui</B></I>: the name derives from Kweichow (now Guizhou Province) in China where the first fossil specimen of the species was discovered in 1957. Their well-developed shoulder muscles have prompted the speculation that they were land-dwelling animals, or at least amphibious, who eventually adapted to become fully aquatic. Victims of the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, their prior evolutionary history is uncertain, but it is generally accepted that they subsequently evolved into the more familiar marine forms with fully paddled feet, known to us as the plesiosaurs, pliosaurs and elasmosaurs. This beautiful specimen is uncommonly well-prepared and displays the characteristic long neck, short limbs and heavy ribs of its species. It measures 7½ inches from nose to tail, in a natural 12? x 8¾ inch matrix.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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