Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth in Matrix

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

3 3/4 in. (306 grams, 94 mm).

Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set in matrix with some other fossil remains. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Morocco, North Africa.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2855