Black Metoposaur Skull (Replica)
Black Metoposaur Skull (Replica)
Metoposaurus butteneria
Giant Salamander
Triassic group
Crosby County, Texas
Discovered by Brian Marshall, age 8
Restored by Joe Taylor
Size: Skull and pallet 16” x 15” x 1 ¼”
Price: $75 plus shipping ($25 in continental US – otherwise please call or email)
This skull was buried upside down and apparently died from the crushing jaws of a phytosaur, a long-snouted crocodilian, similar to a modern garrial. There was a row of phytosaur-shaped teeth marks from the base of the skull going right into the brain case. This brain case, which is about the size of a walnut, is directly under the pineal opening or “third eye”, a ½” hole in the roof of the skull.
Cows had trampled this to pieces, and only 50% of the bone was recovered. Unfortunately the pallet, with tooth marks in it, was not reproduced.
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