This breathtaking crocodile skull and partial skeleton is a spectacular find from the Holzmaden Shale near Stuttgart, Germany, a fossil locale renowned for its incredibly preserved specimens. This marine predator once inhabited warm Jurassic seas that teemed with a variety of ammonites, ichthyosaurs, crinoids (sea lilies) and many fish species.

**It truly belongs to the upper echelon of fine fossils and would be the focal point of any home or public setting.**

Considerable time and skill was needed to reveal this specimen from the matrix - meticulous, specialized labour in a state of the art German laboratory.

* Species: _Steneosaurus bollensis_
* Formation: Posidonia Shale
* Location: Holzmaden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
* Age: Lower Jurassic, approximately 182 million years old
* Specimen skull measures approximately 58 cm (22.8 inches), plate measures approximately 93 cm x 75 cm x 2 cm (36.6" x 29.5" x 0.8")
* Weighs 20 kg (44 lbs)
* Certificate of authenticity included
* No Restoration
* Preparation notes: original fossil with no manipulation. Original slate matrix attached and glued.

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