Lot 677
Splendid Display of Captorhinus Aguti. Oklahoma, 280 Million years old. Displayed on the shale matrix it was recovered from, the re-articulated bones are laid out to show its wide, splay-footed stance. The skeleton is a dark brown on the buff colored stone. From the Arroyo formation near Lawton, Oklahoma, this is one of the first reptiles to appear in the fossil record. It was a plant eater and had a light-sensitive gland at the top of its brain. On the skull is a small hole over where the gland would have been, and light would thus filter through skin and tissue to strike the brain. This animal would have been ancestral to both the subsequent dinosaurs and mammals. Length: 11-1/4". Matrix: 14-3/4" x 8". Weight: 10 pounds. The skull loose, and can either be laid over the neck, or re-attached to the vertebrae. Choice and rare.
Estimated Value $2,250 - 2,750.
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| Realized $2,530 |
