Keichousaurus hui Marine Reptile Skeleton #07

Description

A Keichousaurus hui marine reptile fossil. This specimen is preserved in ventral view and is well prepped, offering some excellent detail. This piece features a few repairs but no restoration.

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 (now Guizhou Province) in China where the first fossil specimen was discovered in 1957. They are among the most common sauropterygian fossils recovered and are often found as nearly complete, articulated skeletons, making them popular among collectors.

Condition: Good

Size: 5.13 inch (length of Keichousaurus)

Age: 242 million years (Triassic, Spathian Stage)

Locality: Guizhou Province, China (Huxia Formation)