Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossilised Part Paddle, Ribs and Vertebrae

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

34 5/8 in. (15.25 kg, 88 cm).

The spine section comprising ten large dorsal vertebrae with transverse processes, various other rib sections and bones from the paddle-like flippers; on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket.

Provenance

Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Footnotes

The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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.

CONDITION

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