Cairanoolithus dughii France Late Cretaceous, 70 million years 17 x 13 x 14 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection Titanosaurs were a group of sauropod dinosaurs (long-necked herbivores) and were some of the largest land animals of all time, with some species weighing up to 90 tonnes! Sauropods were an extremely succesful group of dinosaurs and fossil specimens have been found throughout the world. Interestingly, fossil trackways indicate that sauropods were social animals that traveled in great herds. The famous English paleontologist, Sir Richard Owen described sauropod fossils in 1841, although a sauropod tooth was found back in 1699, before dinosaurs were understood by the scientific community. This is an absolutely spectacular specimen because it has retained much of its original shape and it displays very detailed shell texture. TITANOSAURIER-DINOSAURIER-EI Cairanoolithus dughii Frankreich Sp?te Kreidezeit - 70 Millionen Jahre 17 x 13 x 14 cm Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung Titanosaurier waren eine Gruppe von Sauropoden (langhalsige Pflanzenfresser) und geh?rten zu den gr??ten Landtieren aller Zeiten, wobei einige Arten bis zu 90 Tonnen wogen! Sauropoden waren eine ?u?erst erfolgreiche Gruppe von Dinosauriern, und fossile Exemplare wurden überall auf der Welt gefunden. Interessanterweise deuten fossile Spuren darauf hin, dass Sauropoden gesellige Tiere waren, die in gro?en Herden umherzogen. Der berühmte englische Pal?ontologe Sir Richard Owen beschrieb Sauropodenfossilien im Jahr 1841, obwohl ein Sauropodenzahn bereits 1699 gefunden worden war, also bevor Dinosaurier von der wissenschaftlichen Gemeinschaft verstanden wurden. Bei dem hier vorgestellten Ei handelt sich um ein absolut spektakul?res Exemplar, da es seine ursprüngliche Form weitgehend beibehalten hat und eine sehr detaillierte Schalenstruktur aufweist. Es ist ein wirklich hochwertiges Dinosaurier-Ei, ideal für den anspruchsvollen Sammler, ein Museum oder eine hochkar?tige Galerie.
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