Vertebrae: Plesiosaurus, Cretaceous, RU
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Product information "Vertebrae: Plesiosaurus, Cretaceous, RU"
A well-preserved vertebra from a Plesiosaurus found at a relatively rare site.
Specimens from this region or from Russia in general are rarely offered for sale!
As with all other plesiosaurs, the body of Plesiosaurus was adapted to life in the sea; like many other marine reptiles and mammals, the genus had limbs modified into flippers, with the front flippers of Plesiosaurus being slightly longer than the rear ones. Typical of most plesiosauroids, the neck of Plesiosaurus was also greatly elongated and consisted of 40 cervical vertebrae. At its end sat a relatively small skull with a set of pointed teeth.
Age: Cretaceous;
Locality: Seversk Sandstone, Upper Albian, Lower Cretaceous, Stariy-Oskol, Belgorod region, Kursk, Russia
Size: 8 x 7 x 5 cm
Colors on product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen for technical reasons.
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