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LOT 2615
Spinosaurus Fossil Dinosaur Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (52 grams total, 58-61 mm).
Comprising three Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth; repaired. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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