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Lot 41
An ICHTHYOSAUR
Closed8 October 2014
Price Realised
GBP 37,500
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An ICHTHYOSAUR
from the lower Jurassic (200-176 Mya) Posidonienschiefer formation, the 56-inch long Stenopterygius quadriscissus showing three-dimensionality in places, supported on two tripod stands
72in. (183cm.) long
The first complete Ichthyosaur skeleton was found by Mary Anning at Lyme Regis in 1811 (an Ichthyosaurus communis). The order Ichthyosauria was introduced in 1840 by Sir Richard Owen, and today about 80 species are recognised. They take their name from the Greek for "fish lizards" and are an excellent example of convergent evolution. It is thought that they evolved from land based lizards moving into the sea, eventually converging on the shape of the fish upon which they preyed.
from the lower Jurassic (200-176 Mya) Posidonienschiefer formation, the 56-inch long Stenopterygius quadriscissus showing three-dimensionality in places, supported on two tripod stands
72in. (183cm.) long
The first complete Ichthyosaur skeleton was found by Mary Anning at Lyme Regis in 1811 (an Ichthyosaurus communis). The order Ichthyosauria was introduced in 1840 by Sir Richard Owen, and today about 80 species are recognised. They take their name from the Greek for "fish lizards" and are an excellent example of convergent evolution. It is thought that they evolved from land based lizards moving into the sea, eventually converging on the shape of the fish upon which they preyed.
An ICHTHYOSAUR
from the lower Jurassic (200-176 Mya) Posidonienschiefer formation, the 56-inch long Stenopterygius quadriscissus showing three-dimensionality in places, supported on two tripod stands
72in. (183cm.) long
The first complete Ichthyosaur skeleton was found by Mary Anning at Lyme Regis in 1811 (an Ichthyosaurus communis). The order Ichthyosauria was introduced in 1840 by Sir Richard Owen, and today about 80 species are recognised. They take their name from the Greek for "fish lizards" and are an excellent example of convergent evolution. It is thought that they evolved from land based lizards moving into the sea, eventually converging on the shape of the fish upon which they preyed.
from the lower Jurassic (200-176 Mya) Posidonienschiefer formation, the 56-inch long Stenopterygius quadriscissus showing three-dimensionality in places, supported on two tripod stands
72in. (183cm.) long
The first complete Ichthyosaur skeleton was found by Mary Anning at Lyme Regis in 1811 (an Ichthyosaurus communis). The order Ichthyosauria was introduced in 1840 by Sir Richard Owen, and today about 80 species are recognised. They take their name from the Greek for "fish lizards" and are an excellent example of convergent evolution. It is thought that they evolved from land based lizards moving into the sea, eventually converging on the shape of the fish upon which they preyed.
From an old Continental collection.
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