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LOT 2298
Polished Fossil Goniatite Pair
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 3 in. (233 grams total, 71-75 mm).
Both freestanding and showing internal details. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
