Upper Triassic, Carnian (216-228 million years) Argana Basin, Morocco 41 x 32 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection Certificate: Comes with a certificate of authenticity from the “Geowissenschaftlichem Ateliers“. In the 1960s, remains of a new amphibian species were discovered in the Argana Basin in Morocco. The Dutuitosaurus, named after the palaeontologist Jean-Michel Dutuit, lived on earth and in water about 220 million years ago in the Late Triassic. It has similarities with the traditional Metoposaurus and until the 1990s it was also called Metoposaurus ouazzoui. Differences were then discovered in the spaces between the skulls and Dutuitosaurus was recognised as a separate genus from 1993. This beautiful fossilised skull is perfectly preserved with less than 1% restoration. An incredible relic of the early periods when amphibians ruled the earth. METOPOSAURUS OUAZZOUI / DUTUITOSAURUS Argana Becken, Marokko Obertrias, Karnium (216-228 Millionen Jahre) 41 x 32 cm Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung Kommt mit einem Echtheitszertifikat des Geowissenschaftlichen Ateliers In den 1960er Jahren wurden im Argana Becken in Marokko überreste einer neuen Amphibienart entdeckt. Der Dutuitosaurus, benannt nach dem Pal?ontologen Jean-Michel Dutuit, lebte vor rund 220 Millionen Jahren im Sp?ten Trias auf der Erde und im Wasser. ?hnlichkeiten weist er mit dem Metoposaurus auf, und bis in die 90er Jahre wurde er auch Metoposaurus ouazzoui genannt. Es wurden dann Unterschiede in den Zwischenr?umen im Sch?del entdeckt und der Dutuitosaurus wurde ab 1993 als eigene Gattung anerkannt. Dieser wundersch?ne versteinerte Sch?del ist perfekt erhalten und weist weniger als 1% Restaurierung auf. Ein unglaubliches Relikt aus der Frühphase der Amphibien, welche damals die Erde beherrschten.
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