Marine reptile - Fossilised animal - Watsonisuchus madagascariensis

Selected by Frederic Lacombat

Species: Watsonisuchus madagascariensis Age: Lower Triassic Locality: Madagascar Measurements: 13 cm - 13.5 × 9 cm concretion Weight: 661 g Madagascar is famous for its Triassic reptile fauna and especially Barasaurus and Claudiosaurus. This is the skull of a Watsonisuchus, one of the less common species. The specimen is natural and consists of two parts of a calcareous concretion that preserved an internal and an external mould of the skull. The partial teeth are finely preserved. We made a cast of the external mould (photos 5 and 7) that will be offered with the fossil.

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Marine reptile - Fossilised animal - Watsonisuchus madagascariensis

Species: Watsonisuchus madagascariensis
Age: Lower Triassic
Locality: Madagascar

Measurements: 13 cm - 13.5 × 9 cm concretion
Weight: 661 g

Madagascar is famous for its Triassic reptile fauna and especially Barasaurus and Claudiosaurus. This is the skull of a Watsonisuchus, one of the less common species. The specimen is natural and consists of two parts of a calcareous concretion that preserved an internal and an external mould of the skull. The partial teeth are finely preserved.

We made a cast of the external mould (photos 5 and 7) that will be offered with the fossil.

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Marine reptile - Fossilised animal - Watsonisuchus madagascariensis

Selected by Frederic Lacombat

Marine reptile - Fossilised animal - Watsonisuchus madagascariensis