Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The fossil of history of the Great Beast of Maastricht, also known as Napoleons Mosasurus, taken from the Netherlands to Paris during the French revolutionary wars.

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Sources:
nytimes.com/1996/06/07/world/maastricht-journal-dutch-want-back-the-fossil-napoleon-took-away.html
https://www.leidenartsinsocietyblog.nl/articles/napoleons-stolen-sea-monster-repatriating-cultural-objects
county17.com/2018/08/24/fossil-friday-napoleons-war-for-the-mosasaur
researchgate.net/publication/273927954_A_new_look_at_Faujas_de_Saint-Fond's_fantastic_story_on_the_provenance_and_acquisition_of_the_type_specimen_of_Mosasaurus_hoffmanni_MANTELL_1829
https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/1052778/79068_325600.pdf
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstl.1786.0026
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rstl.1786.0026