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LOT 2793
Natural History - Fossil Sinosura Starfish Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (146 grams total, 63-70 mm).
Comprising three possibly Sinosura kelheimense specimens, a pair on one matrix and the other with one specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Stonhoffen, Germany.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Mosasaur Jaw Section
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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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