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LOT 2337
Natural History - Fossil Cretaceous Crocodile Jaw Section
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (270 grams, 10 cm).
A fossilised jaw section with indentations. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Tegana Formation, Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old German paleontological collection.
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LOT 2337
Natural History - Fossil Cretaceous Crocodile Jaw Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra, Ribs and Jaw
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Comprising various bone and rib fragments, a large vertebra and jaw fragments with teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix with applied plaster reinforcement to allow it to be displayed. 12.8 kg, 46 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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