Lot 442
AQUATIC 150 MILLION YEAR OLD REPTILE. Sinohydrosaurus lingyuanensisgen was a strange looking aquatic reptile with a very long neck that lived 150 million years ago in fresh water lakes in Liaoning Province, China. Sinohydrosaurus translates to Chinese water dragon. This specimen is quite large at 15 inches and virtually complete (missing only a few digits in the feet) with all four legs, tiny rib bones and even smaller gastralia rib bones and most importantly an excellently detailed skull with several small sharp teeth visible. The 17 x 6.5 inch matrix of soft tuffaceous volcanic rock (hardened from the volcanic ash that buried this reptile) has been nicely smoothed and backed for stability as the tuffaceous rock is very soft. Sinohydrosaurus may be an ancient relative of the fierce Komodo Dragon and museum quality specimens such as this one are becoming very difficult to locate.
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Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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| Realized $588 |
