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LOT 2160
Natural History - Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Plate
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
18 3/4 in. (9.75 kg, 47.5 cm).
Comprising fourteen teeth, one with only a tip visible, and various jaw fragments set on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket.
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
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LOT 2160
Natural History - Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Plate
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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