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LOT 2406
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 in. (60.3 grams, 82 mm).
Showing good enamel and some root. [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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Large Lapis Lazuli Sphere
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 191 grams, 56 cm
Ex West country, UK, collection, 1990s onwards.
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