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LOT 2443
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (168 grams, 10 cm).
Comprising of Prognathodon sp. tooth with root on a sandstone matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like 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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LOT 2443
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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