FOSSIL PLIOSAUR VERTEBRAE FROM A HUGE ELASMOSAUR MARINE REPTILE *PLIOS001

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This is a RARE supreme grade association of fossil bones of a type of plesiosaur called an elasmosaur. The grouping IS NATURAL AND STILL IN THE ORIGINAL PLASTER JACKET AS FIRST COLLECTED. We received it in this form and removed much of the surrounding sand matrix to better expose the bones. A hardener was applied to the bones and matrix to make the entire piece stable and safe to display. The size of the vertebrae centra shows this is FROM A HUGE PLIOSAUR! The color is natural and only minor repair was done to the bones. When stood up on the stand and lit from above, the very high 3D relief of the bones makes the piece an incredibly impressive display specimen. Because the bones are associated, this piece is from an elasmosaur that died and was buried. An excellent specimen from a real-life sea monster of the prehistoric seas.

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Special thanks to FRANK DENOTA for permission to use his artwork above.

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ID Elasmosaurus sp.

FOUND Phosphate Deposits - Khouribga, Morocco

AGE LATE CRETACEOUS: 73 - 65 million years

SIZE 16" x 16" overall with matrix, each vertebra centrum 4.5" across

CONDITION NATURAL ASSOCIATION AS FOUND WITH MINOR REPAIR AND CONSOLIDANT APPLIED TO MATRIX AND BONES. IN ORIGINAL PLASTER JACKET WITH ALL BONES STILL IN THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION.

NOTE EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE! DRAMATICALLY THREE DIMENSIONAL. MOST OF WHAT IS SEEN FROM THIS DEPOSIT IS MOSASAUR BONES SO THIS IS A RARE TREAT TO FIND BONES OF A PLESIOSAUR!

:: Stand Included

:: Includes a LIFETIME GUARANTEE Certificate of Authenticity & Condition / History Sheet