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LOT 1750
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 - 3 in. (90 grams total, 36-77 mm).
A mixed group of three Spinosaurs maroccanus fossil teeth with remains of enamelling; held in white card collector's trays. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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LOT 1750
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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