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LOT 2446
Whitby Ammonite Fossil Nodule
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (330 grams total, 74-76 mm).
A rounded pebble containing a Dactylioceras tenuicostatum specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Plate
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Teeth on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A composite matrix set with five Mosasaur prognathodon teeth. 1.44 kg, 17 cm
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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.