Details

LOT 2194

Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Group

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.

2 - 2 3/4 in. (104 grams total, 52-69 mm).

Comprising two large specimens with good enamel; one repaired. [2, 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.