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LOT 0395
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
NATURAL HISTORY - ENORMOUS TWO METRE SECTION OF FOSSIL MOSASAUR 'MARINE DINOSAUR' SPINE
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
70 1/2 in. (60 kg, 1.79 m).
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
70 1/2 in. (60 kg, 1.79 m).
The spine section comprising sixteen large, perfectly lined dorsal vertebrae with transverse processes with another at each end lying flat, various other vertebrae and rib sections resting next to the spine; on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket.
PROVENANCE:
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
FOOTNOTES:
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
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