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LOT 2360
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Partial Jaw with Teeth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 70 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (92 grams, 10.9 cm).
A partial jaw with four teeth from Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus, formerly assigned to the genus Globidens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the phosphate deposits in the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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LOT 2360
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Partial Jaw with Teeth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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