Large Mixosaurus 'mixed lizard', Timor, China,... Lot 5288

Large Mixosaurus 'mixed lizard', Timor, China, 240 million years old, a type of ichthyosaur and a transitional form between primitive species with an eel-like stretched body and the more modern forms that have a shape similar to. of today's dolphins; The name of the genus, found in 1980, also refers to this transitional character, cleaned using sandblasting technology so that the fossil appears three-dimensional and all parts are perfectly preserved, the bones differ clearly from the matrix, limbs and gastralia are complete; Length approx. 130cm, matrix plate approx. 131.5x53x6cm, natural tiny quartz veins run through the smooth stone plate, rare in this complete condition and dimension, absolutely magnificent museum exhibit, 51.77x20.87x1.97 inches, size of the fossil approx. 51.18 inch, estimated value approx. 36000 Euro