| Beschreibung |
Keichousaurus (key-cho-saurus), China, Triassic (251.9-201.3 million years), length
approx. 23 cm, platter approx. 27x19 cm, perfectly preserved, prepared in relief
and partly supplemented, fish trap for fishing, collectible. Keichousaurus is a genus
of marine reptiles in the family Pachypleuro dinosaurs that became extinct in the
Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction at the end of the Triassic. The name comes from
Kweichow (now Guizhou Province) in China, where the first fossil was discovered in
1957. They are among the most commonly found sauropterygian fossils and are often
found as near-complete skeletons, making them popular with collectors |
