| Category: | Post-auction sale - Antiques and collector objects |
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| Position: | Id: 26926680 · Catalog number: 09-05250 · Ware in house 2 |
| Price: | 1.063,- € |
| Beschreibung | rare and large fossil mudfish "Cyclurus kehreri" of the cavern Messel, approx. 49 Mio.years old, optimally preserved, extraordinary fine details of embossed bone structure erkennbar, l excavation finding of the year 1972; primed by the relaying-synthetic- Transfer-Methode primed, dimension of the Fossils 32 x 6 cm, platter 34 x 12 cm, museum-quality, see ref.: Messel "Ein Schaufenster in die Geschichte des Lebens und der Erde", 1988, p. 74. The Messel Pit fossil site is celebrating a triple anniversary this year: 30 years of UNESCO status, 50 years of Senckenberg excavations, and 150 years since the discoveryof the first fossil |
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