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LOT 2270
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 3/4 in. (496 grams total, 82-96 mm).
Comprising various fish bone fragments including teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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 2270
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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