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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.
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LOT 2827
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth in Composite Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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