Bidspirit auction | Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur

Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Pair - Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.. Comprising a pair of Prognathodon sp. teeth with roots on an matrix. 863 grams total, 12-13 cm (4 3/4 - 5 1/8 in.). From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like 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. [2, No Reserve]