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LOT 2460
British Fossil Vertebra
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
(407 grams, 96 mm3 3/4 in.).
Large section of a fossilised vertebra with two raised projections on one side, possibly from a mosasaur. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Pair
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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