Important Natural History Auction 2017-07-30
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/29/2017
FINE FOSSIL DRAGONFLY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
Mesuropetala noehleri
Jurassic, Tithonian stage
Solnhofen Formation, Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany
The lithographic limestone of Solnhofen is renowned for the superb preservation of the most delicate of ancient creatures, and the present example is a first-class demonstration of that, right down to the gossamer detail of the wings, each half of the rare positive and negative plates with the 4 1/8 inch wingspan on a clear pale matrix.
$1,800 - 2,200\n