5.7" Polished Pliosaur (Stretosaurus) Limb Bone - England

Polished Pliosaur (Stretosaurus) Limb Bone - England #243485

This is a 5.7" wide slice of polished limb bone from the pliosaur, Stretosaurus (Pliosaurus) cf. macromerus. The bone comes from Abingdon, England. It is Upper Jurassic (Kemmeridgian stage) in age, or approximately 155 million years old. It has been cut and polished on one side to reveal the beautifully preserved cell structure.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Pliosaurus is a genus of large carnivorous marine reptile belonging to the Pliosauroidea, a clade of short-necked plesiosaurs. They were an apex predator during the Middle Jurassic period, when seas covered Europe.

This is Liopleurodon ferox, a species of Pliosaur from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Pencil drawing by Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com).