Details

LOT 0432

Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Vertebra, Ribs and Jaw

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

18 1/8 in. (12.8 kg, 46 cm).

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.

Provenance

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.