Mixosaurus (mixed lizard), Yunnan, China, 240... Lot 5338

Mixosaurus (mixed lizard), Yunnan, China, 240 million years old, a type of ichthyosaur and transitional form between primitive ichthyosaurs with an elongated body and the more modern forms, which had a shape similar to today's Define; The name of the genus refers to this transitional character, found in 1980, cleaned using sandblasting technology, so that the fossil appears three- dimensional and all head and chest parts have been perfectly preserved, fossil 29 x 14 cm, matrix plate approx. 30 x 18 x 2 cm, 2000 g, museum quality