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LOT 2501
Composite Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (569 grams total, 111 mm each).
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set on sandstone matrices. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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