A Museum-standard Ichthyosaur Communis Fossil Reptile,

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A Museum-standard Ichthyosaur Communis Fossil Reptile,
Lyme Regis, England, Jurassic period (approx. 198 million years old), the specimen -- 157cm. (61¾in.) long in a dark walnut frame -- 185 x 78cm. (60¾ x 30¾in.), with a large custom-made wooden display stand and carrying case

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拍品專文

Collected about 30 years ago, this is one of the finest specimens ever to have been discovered in Lyme Regis. It is in a classic swimming pose with the snout standing proud from the host rock, adding a three-dimensional quality to the fossil. Even the eyeball has been preserved as a carbonised remain - only a handful of similar specimens are known to exist in the UK. A world-class collector's item.