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Mosasaurus conodon (?)
Cretaceous (82 m.y.o.)
Campanian/Santonian Boundary
Niobrara Formation
Gove County, Kansas, USA
Rare Mosasaur skeleton, in original plaster collecting jacket, 58" long and 36" wide. Specimen consists of skull, cervical vertebrae series, several dorsal vertebrae and ribs, scapula-coracoid, and large bones of the front paddle. Exact genus and species is yet to be determined. It may be the earliest known M. conodon from the Niobrara; it may also be a transitional form of Clidastes. Anterior section of the lower jaw is 17 3/4" long; posterior section is 12" long. The lower jaw has 16+ teeth and the upper jaw has 14 teeth.
This partial skeleton is an ideal specimen for research and/or display.
#SD3856
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