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Estimate
GBP (£) 2,500 - 3,500
EUR (€) 2,890 - 4,050
USD ($) 3,350 - 4,690
(1 Bid, Reserve met)
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
17 1/4 in. (4.1 kg total, upper skull: 43.5 cm long).
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of a juvenile Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw teeth and throat teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand.
PROVENANCE:
From Morocco, West Africa.
Ex 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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