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LOT 2442
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Teeth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, APTIAN STAGE, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 - 2 5/8 in. (43 grams total, 61-67 mm).
Comprising a pair of Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth, one repaired. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
Ex 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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