Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 million years ago.

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Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil
  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 mil

  • Large male Keichousaurus Hui, Guizhou Province, China, Triassic 245-208 million years ago.

  • Large male Keichousaurus. Complete fossil measures approximately 290mm x 115mm x 10mm. Reptile measures approximately 9 inches in length without bending.
  • £680.00
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Keichousaurus is a genus of marine reptile in the pachypleurosaur family which went extinct at the close of the Triassic in the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. The name derives from Kweichow in China where the first fossil specimen was discovered in 1957.
This marine reptile lived about 220 million years ago, and was probably ancestor to other marine reptiles such as the plesiosaur, which became extinct with the dinosaurs.
This Keichousaurus is just superb no restorations, completely natural and even with some visible teeth.
A beautiful large male Keichousaurus displaying teeth and prominent bones. This fossil came to us with enhanced areas, such as the tip of the tail and some of The limbs had not be fully exposed, after several hours of gentle treatment we have eradicated all signs of the artificially enhanced areas and exposed more of the skeletal structure including some teeth to reveal a beautiful fully natural fossil. This fossil is fantastic with such detail and an incredible large size for this species. 

Bottom part of matrix has been re attatched to complete the shape, none of the actual Keichousaurus has been repaired.