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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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