A LARGE PARTIAL FOSSIL CROCODILE SKELETON

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25.10.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 832520
Lot 55 | A LARGE PARTIAL FOSSIL CROCODILE SKELETON
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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