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LOT 2372
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 4 in. (651 grams total, 7.3-10 cm).
Comprising three ammonite halves, possibly Dactylioceras commune. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Fossil Crinoid Plate
Silurian Period, circa 445-416 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a single Scyphocrinus elegans specimen with good detail. 664 grams, 14.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Blue Calcite Mineral Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising one hundred irregular specimens. 990 grams total, 9-38 mm
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Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Otodus Teeth with on Composite Rock
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
An irregular sandstone matrix set with a Mosasaur prognathodon sp. and an Otodus obliquus sp. teeth and other fossils. 301 grams, 10 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
