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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.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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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Middle-Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-25,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
From the left side of Panthera spelaea lower jaw, displaying a large canine and three other teeth. 311 grams, 19.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
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Eocene-Miocene Period, 58-5.3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
