A RARE JURASSIC FLYING LIZARD

Lot 72
24.05.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 40 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 966770
Lot 72 | A RARE JURASSIC FLYING LIZARD
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 90 000
From the Mörnsheim layers of the Tithonian, late Jurassic (145-152 million years ago), a disarticulated Pterodactyloidea with anatomical and biometric characters of both long-tailed (rhamphorhynchoid) and short-tailed (pterodactyloid) Pterosaurs, in original matrix with restorations. With a reconstruction made from castings of the fossil with additional molded elements, set into limestone slab.

Fossil: 141/8 x 141/8 x 3/4in. (36 x 36 x 2cm.)
Reconstruction: 235/8 x 221/2 x 3/4in. (60 x 57 x 2cm.)
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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