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LOT 2862
Fossil Mahoumacrinus Crinoid Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/2 in. (797 grams, 19.1 cm).
On a tongue-shaped matrix showing part of the stalk and calyces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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From 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.