GIANT MOSASAUR SKULL CAST. ...

Description

GIANT MOSASAUR SKULL CAST
Tylosaurus proriger
Cretaceous, Campanian Stage
Pecan Gap Formation, Mclennan Co, Texas
This giant Tylosaurus skull cast is not only huge, but reproduced from one of the finest Mosasaur skulls in existence. Virtually the entire original skull was present with very little distortion, allowing it to be reassembled exactly as it was in life. The ocean-going Mosasaur was the apex predator of its day, its species ranging in length from 7 feet to 55 feet in the case of the mighty Tylosaur. Their diet seems to have been pretty much anything they wanted to eat based upon stomach contents containing Plesiosaurs, birds, fish, and even other Mosasaurs. This cast reproduces the fantastic bone texture of the original and has been finished with a lovely warm woody brown patina; snout-wrestling behavior is evidenced by deep gouges and tooth slashes and punctures in and around the tip of the snout, and the jaws bristle with fearsome inky black teeth. The complete skeleton of this individual is 42 feet long and is available for sale (inquiries welcome). The present skull cast offered here is a mighty 5 feet in length, raised to a height of 57¾ inches on a metal display stand.

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