3.5" Fossil Metoposaurid Skull Section - Chinle Formation, Arizona

This is a 3.5" wide skull section (osteoderm) of a Metoposaurid that was collected from the Chinle Formation of Arizona. There is a large repaired crack that runs across the length of this specimen which required gap fill restoration. There are additional smaller cracks which only required crack repair.

It comes with the pictured custom metal display stand.

Metoposauridae is an extinct family of heavily armored, large-sized, Late Triassic herbivorous temnospondyl amphibian. They are characterized by their large flat armored skulls and eyes positioned at the anterior end of their head. Remains of these large reptiles indicate that they would have grown up to at least 10 feet long.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Unidentified Metoposaurid
LOCATION
Arizona
FORMATION
Chinle Formation
SIZE
3.5 x 2.1", 2.15" tall on stand
ITEM
#153725
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