1.7" Mosasaur Fossil Jaw Section Cretaceous Dinosaur Era Texas Ozan FM COA
Location: Ozan Formation, Fannin County, Texas
Weight: 2.1 Ounces
Dimensions: 1.7 Inches Long, 1.6 Inches Wide, 0.9 Inches Thick
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100 - 66 Million Years old, Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian Epoch.
Name: Mosasaurus
Named By: Dollo - 1889.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Depending upon the species, Mosasaur could range between 6 to possibly just under 14 meters in length.
Known locations: Fossil locations suggest a worldwide distribution, but especially well-known from Europe and North America.
Time period: Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Mosasaurs were the largest lizards to have evolved, reaching nearly 60 feet in length with skulls approximately 6 feet long. These marine reptiles were highly efficient swimmers, spending their entire lives in aquatic environments. Their elongated, muscular bodies featured tails and limbs specialized for propulsion and maneuverability. Swimming by undulating their bodies in a serpentine motion and utilizing finned tails for thrust, they navigated using small, webbed feet as rudders. Mosasaurs thrived during the late Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era, roughly 96 to 65 million years ago. As carnivorous predators, they fed on fish, sea urchins, turtles, and shellfish. Coexisting with many dinosaur species, they ultimately faced extinction during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction event.
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Being buried under the ground for millions of years under tons of pressure tends to be rough. No fossil comes out of the ground whole and perfect. Most fossils have undergone some restoration, while others are altered by man simply to enhance their presentation in different ways. The workers in the United States do a very professional job, of unearthing and preserving these natural treasures, however, commonly natural cracks are visible on the surface. These are part of the natural beauty of the fossil and are not considered defects.
