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LOT 2433
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Pair
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 - 5 1/8 in. (863 grams total, 12-13 cm).
Comprising a pair of Prognathodon sp. teeth with roots on an matrix. [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.
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