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LOT 2920

Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment

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

6 5/8 in. (229 grams, 17 cm).

A composite jaw fragment set with five 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 2920

Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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