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LOT 2368
Large Spinosaurus Fossil Dinosaur Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (58 grams total, 79-80 mm).
Comprising two Spinosaurus maroccanus teeth, one with with some root, each in a card collector's tray. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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