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LOT 2538
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Jaw Section
LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 70 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (110 grams, 72 mm).
Comprising a partial jaw and two teeth from Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco, North Africa.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
Footnotes
Most Mosasaurs had sharp teeth that had evolved to grab slippery prey such as fish. Igdamanosaurus had semi-spherical teeth with rounded points, which were better suited for crushing tough-armoured prey such as turtles, ammonites, nautili, and bivalves.
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