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Back to previous pageCRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
22 1/2 in. (5.8 kg total, 57 cm high including stand).
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of a juvenile Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw and teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand.
PROVENANCE:
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12491-230295.
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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