Dinosaur Age Jaw Mosasaur Fossil 15 Teeth Mosasaurus NR
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Mega Dinosaur Age Jaw Mosasaur Fossil 15 Tooth Mosasaurus RARE" SUPERB Mosasaurus DOUBLE JAWS with 15, 2" Teeth in hardened Sandstone Matrix A++ + No Reserve LARGEST MOSASAURUS JAWS EVER ON EBAY WITH NO RESERVE Dark Brown Teeth, Mosasaur TWO MONSTER Jaw Fragments 26 Pound Fossil from Morocco Last of the great marine reptiles The pictures are of the actual specimen being auctioned. NO RESERVE Mosasaurs were the dominant predator in the oceans of the late Cretaceous and were certainly the marine equivalent of Tyrannosaurus rex . The finding of the first Mosasaur remains in the Netherlands about 1780 ( Mosasaurus hoffmanni ) predates the discovery of dinosaurs by more than fifty years, yet they have been frequently ignored in the media and text books on paleontology in favor of the more popular ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. The mosasaurus anceps and mosasaurus beaugie were one of the success stories of the late Cretaceous period. The largest known mosasaur is Hainosaurus, which could reach 17 meters in length. Giant mosasaurs were the top predator in the sea and were widespread across the world. Much of their day would have been spent swimming slowly near the seabed looking for suitable prey to attack. Their diet consisted of slow moving animals like ammonites, birds and turtles but they would also tackle larger and swifter
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