Bidspirit auction | Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur

Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root - Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.. Comprising of Prognathodon sp. tooth with root on a sandstone matrix. 168 grams, 10 cm (4 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. [No Reserve]