A LARGE PARTIAL FOSSIL CROCODILE SKELETON

Lot 170
25.05.2021 13:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 30 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 543715
Lot 170 | A LARGE PARTIAL FOSSIL CROCODILE SKELETON
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
From the Eocene (circa 50 million years ago), the 29-inch wide partial fossil crocodilian skeleton of a Borealosuchus wilsoni comprising the body with gently perforated texture, both hind legs, and part of the tail, the belly with coprolite and the bone from a Priscacara sp. fish consumed in its lifetime, the specimen prepped in matrix, board-mounted for ease of display.
44.5 x 32.5 x 2in. (113 x 82.5 x 5cm.)
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