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LOT 2827

Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth in Composite Matrix

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

7 1/2 in. (1.59 kg, 19 cm).

Comprising six Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set on a composite matrix. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Germany.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Footnotes

Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.

CONDITION

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LOT 2827

Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth in Composite Matrix

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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