MarcoX Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Dear Forum I acquired this fossil today from a Gentleman, who is collecting fossils since many years and bought it in the 80s or 90s. As far as he remembers is the fossil originally from china. Would be very interested to know the species and any other information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Keichousaurus a Triassic marine reptile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Tail looks too long to be Keichousaurus in my opinion. Maybe Hyphalosaurus? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Gao, K.Q., Ksepka, D.T. 2008 Osteology and taxonomic revision of Hyphalosaurus (Diapsida: Choristodera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Journal of Anatomy, 212(6):747-768 PDF LINK 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Yep, Hyphalosaurus (also known under the invalid name Sinohydrosaurus). 3 Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoX Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Thanks a lot guys. Didnt knew they can reach this size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I’ll go along with that. hyphalosaurus. I missed the longer tail. Good catch @oilshale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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