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LOT 0383
Natural History - Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Skull
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
37 1/2 in. (30 in.) (26.45 kg total, 95 cm wide (76 cm high including stand)).
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw teeth and throat teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand.
Provenance
Previously in a French collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
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