Fossil - Fossil matrix - Mixosaurus - 43 cm - 33 cm

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Mixosaurus fossil from Asia, Middle Triassic, conserved and natural, measuring 43 cm high, 33 cm wide and 2.2 cm deep, with a complete ichthyosaur including limbs and gastralia.

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The Mixosaurus is a kind of ichthyosaur. This piece is cleaned with pneumatic pen, so the fossil can appear more three-dimensional, and many parts can be preserved, which like teeth are also very three-dimensional, lifelike feeling. This fossil has been cleaned very beautifully, and the bones are very distinct from the matrix. Its limbs and gastralia are very complete, which is very rare. This is a whole ichthyosaur!

The size of the fossil is 57 cm. Matrix is about 43*33*2.2 cm.

Mixosaurus was a small to medium-sized ichthyosaur, not growing more than 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length with small species not growing more than 1 metre (3.3 ft). It possessed a long tail with a low fin, suggesting it could have been a slow swimmer, but also possessed a dorsal fin for stability in the water. The paddle-like limbs were made up of five toes each, unlike the three toes found in later Ichthyosaurs.

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The Mixosaurus is a kind of ichthyosaur. This piece is cleaned with pneumatic pen, so the fossil can appear more three-dimensional, and many parts can be preserved, which like teeth are also very three-dimensional, lifelike feeling. This fossil has been cleaned very beautifully, and the bones are very distinct from the matrix. Its limbs and gastralia are very complete, which is very rare. This is a whole ichthyosaur!

The size of the fossil is 57 cm. Matrix is about 43*33*2.2 cm.

Mixosaurus was a small to medium-sized ichthyosaur, not growing more than 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length with small species not growing more than 1 metre (3.3 ft). It possessed a long tail with a low fin, suggesting it could have been a slow swimmer, but also possessed a dorsal fin for stability in the water. The paddle-like limbs were made up of five toes each, unlike the three toes found in later Ichthyosaurs.

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Specimen
Fossil
Scientific name
Mixosaurus
Country of Origin
Asia
Geological Period
Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)
Condition
Natural
Treatment
Conserved
Height
43 cm
Width
33 cm
Depth
2.2 cm
TaiwanVerified
2074
Objects sold
99.55%
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