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LOT 0441
Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Jaw Fragment
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
23 1/4 in. (7.45 kg, 59 cm).
Comprising a large jaw fragment with eight teeth, mounted on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
FootnotesMosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
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