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LOT 2408
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment with Teeth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/4 in. (340 grams, 18.5 cm).
A composite jaw fragment set with four teeth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco.
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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LOT 2408
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment with Teeth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three polished examples showing some inner structure. 223 grams total, 63-65 mm
Found Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex gallery. -
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Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Showing some good enamel and root; restored. 41 grams, 84 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Fossil Spinosaurus and African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising a Spinosaurs maroccanus and a Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth with some root; repaired. 18.5 grams total, 40-42 mm
Found Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex gallery.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
