Real-Life Jurassic Park Specimen on the Auction Block
Published May 23rd, 2007
Museum-Quality Fossils to be Offered on June 3 in Los Angeles.
From the scientific to the superbly decorative, astoundingly unique fossil specimens will be offered during our Natural History auction on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles.
A well-documented rare fossil horse specimen — highly sought after by collectors and institutions — will be offered at auction this summer. Displaying a strikingly complete and intact skeleton, with rarely seen flesh contours and possible gut contents, the 50 million-year-old fossil has been identified as Propalaeotherium parvulum. Propalaeotherium was an early genus of equine, descended from Hyracotherium, the earliest horse. Measuring 12-inches high, the specimen to be offered belongs to the smaller of the two species of Propalaeotherium that lived in the Lower Middle Eocene Period. The pre-sale auction estimate for the specimen is $75,000 to $95,000.
