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LOT 2765
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 1/4 in. (67.7 grams total, 45-59 mm).
Comprising two teeth showing good brown enamel, repaired. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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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