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LOT 2281

Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 3/8 in. (150 grams, 87 mm).

Comprising two Mosasaur Prognathodon teeth. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Morocco, North Africa.
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 2281

Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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