2.7" Mosasaur Fossil Vertebrae Cretaceous Dinosaur Era Texas Ozan FM COA, Metal Stand

Location: Ozan Formation, North Sulfur River, Texas

Weight: 1 Pound 0.4 Ounces (With Metal Stand)

Dimensions: 2.7 Inches Long, 2.3 Inches Wide, 2.1 Inches Thick

Dimensions: 5 Inches Long, 2.3 Inches Wide, 2 Inches Thick (With Metal Stand)

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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, Mosasaurs could range between 6 and possibly just under 14 meters in length.

Known locations: Fossil locations suggest a worldwide distribution, but are especially well-known from Europe and North America.

Time period: Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Mosasaurs were the largest lizards to have ever lived, reaching lengths of nearly 60 feet with skulls measuring up to 6 feet. These strong swimmers spent their entire lives in the ocean. Their long bodies, along with tails and limbs built for swimming, allowed them to move in a snake-like manner, using their finned tails for propulsion and small webbed feet for steering. They lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 96 to 65 million years ago. As carnivores, mosasaurs fed on fish, sea urchins, turtles, and shellfish. They coexisted with many dinosaurs and went extinct during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction event.

Please be aware of the nature of fossils:

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.