DEINONYCHUS ANTIRRHOPUS

Lot 57
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Lot 57 | DEINONYCHUS ANTIRRHOPUS
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$ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
DEINONYCHUS ANTIRRHOPUSMONTANA, USAFrom the Cloverly Formation, Wolf Canyon, Carbon County, Montana, the Early Cretaceous (circa 115-108 million years ago). The specimen of Deinonychus antirrhopus in remarkable state of preservation; approximately 126 fossil bones with remaining cast elements on custom frame119 2⁄3 x 62 1⁄4 x 26in. (304 x 158 x 66cm.) Provenance Excavated at Wolf Canyon, Carbon County, Montana (in the W1/2NE1/4 of Section 23, Township 4 South, Range 24 East, P.M.M.) 2013-4 Pangea Fossils February 2015 Acquired from the above by the current owner Literature Bakker, R.T. The Dinosaur Heresies. (London, 1988) Charig, A. A new look at the Dinosaurs. (London, 1979) Ostrom, J.H. ‘Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an unusual theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana’ in Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin. Vol. 30 (1969) pp. 1-165. Grellet-Tinner, G. & Makovicky, P. ‘A possible egg of the dromaeosaur Deinonychus antirrhopus: phylogenetic and biological implications’ in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. Vol. 43 no. 6 (2006) pp. 705-719. Exhibited King of Dinosaurs, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, June 2020 to December 2021.
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