Mixosaurus (mixed lizard), Timor, China, 240 million... Lot 5272

Mixosaurus (mixed lizard), Timor, China, 240 million years old, a type of ichthyosaur and transitional form between primitive ichthyosaurs with an eel-like stretched body and the more modern forms, which had a shape similar to today's definition, refers to this transitional character the name of the genus, found in 1980, cleaned with sandblasting technology so that the fossil appears three- dimensional and all parts have been perfectly preserved, fossil 38 cm, matrix plate approx. 41x24x3 cm, museum, collectible. # Limbs and gastralia are complete, approx. 9 kg, with a certificate attached, rarely found in this completeness