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Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Priscacara liops fish in rectangular matrix, showing good detail especially to the fins. 433 grams, 220 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene Lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene Lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two main bodies. 742 grams total, 103 - 109 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
See O’Keefe, F.R., The evolution of plesiosaur and pliosaur morphotypes in the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), 2002, Paleobiology, 28: 101-112.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
See O’Keefe, F.R., The evolution of plesiosaur and pliosaur morphotypes in the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), 2002, Paleobiology, 28: 101-112.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A glazed display case with mounted specimens of various teeth, vertebrae and ray palates, with identifying labels. 856 grams, 422 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cleoniceras besairiei showing the internal structure of the shell. 12.7 grams, 66 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two molars on a section of jaw, from Cervus megaloceros; accompanied by a custom-made display stand, conserved. 161 grams total, jaw: 95 mm long
From the North Sea.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.C45; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
From the North Sea.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.C45; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The terminal of Mammuthus primigenius leg bone displaying good deep brown patina. 690 grams, 11.9 cm
From the North Sea.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47, for discussion.
From the North Sea.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47, for discussion.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Clavilithes macrospira; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. 180 grams, 13 cm
From Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, UK.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
From Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, UK.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
An extinct genus of percid fish showing good detail to the body and fins. 592 grams, 16.8 cm
From the Green River formation, Wyoming, USA.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VP254; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
From the Green River formation, Wyoming, USA.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VP254; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The oval dish carved from a fossiliferous stone, the thumbpad set with a Goniatite sp. specimen. 456 grams, 17.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two jaw fragments with teeth, set on a composite matrix. 1.45 kg, 19 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Geode fragment with finely coloured amethyst cluster. 1.1 kg, 15.1 cm
From Wyloo Station, Pilbara region, Western Australia.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a previous typed information card.
From Wyloo Station, Pilbara region, Western Australia.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a previous typed information card.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying the striking swept-back genal spines; repaired. 163 grams, 59 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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