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LOT 0395
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).
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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LOT 0395
Natural History - Enormous Two Metre Section of Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Spine
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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