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LOT 2407
Large Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 2/8 in. (75 grams total, 53 - 57 mm).
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth; one repaired. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
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