KEICHOUSAURUS HUI [MARINE REPTILE]

A nice example of a Keichousaurus fossil, good definition and the slab it rests on has no repairs, end off tail lost, 285 x 74mm, Guizhou Province, China (Huxia Formation), Mid-Triassic (242 Million Years Ago).

Keichousaurus hui is a small marine reptile from the Triassic of southern China. It was highly adapted to the aquatic environment, with a long neck, paddle-like limbs, and a slender tail. Fossils, often found in black shale, reveal a diet of small fish and invertebrates. It is thought to have caught prey with the backwardly curved teeth at the front of the mouth, and swallowed its prey whole.