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Hyphalosaurus - Fossil Specimen brazilian While barite has long servedMined from: China Era: Early Cretaceous Geological Age: 123120 mya Description: This one of a kind Hyphalosaurus fossil specimen preserves the distinctive long bodied form of the animal on a square gray shale slab. The piece is especially eye catching because the tail curves in a broad arc across the matrix while the narrow neck rises to a small skull, giving the fossil a graceful, almost calligraphic outline. It has a natural study specimen look,