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Condition report
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The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.
Overall in a fine state of preservation, showing some damage commensurate with age and extraction, the surface seemingly lightly treated, some parts of the skull reassembled using adhesive, some teeth damaged or repaired but all present. The specimen includes a section of spine reconstructed from 6 vertebrae, attached to the skull and each other with adhesive, however some of the vertebrae have become disconnected and will need to be reattached. The spinous processes of the first and second vetebrae have broken off but are retained.