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LOT 2526
Composite Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 in. (1.55 kg, 20.5 cm).
Comprising six Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set on a composite matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
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