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LOT 2364
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Jaw Fragment Display with Teeth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 in. (1.66 kg, 20.5 cm).
A composite matrix set with seven Mosasaur prognathodon teeth. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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.
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LOT 2364
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Jaw Fragment Display with Teeth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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