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LOT 2463

Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Otodus Teeth with on Composite Rock

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.

4 in. (301 grams, 10 cm).

An irregular sandstone matrix set with a Mosasaur prognathodon sp. and an Otodus obliquus sp. teeth and other fossils. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Footnotes

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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LOT 2463

Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Otodus Teeth with on Composite Rock

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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