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LOT 3144
Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 5/8 in. (360 grams, 14.4 cm).
Thick section of a fossilised tree trunk with some bark detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3144
Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Slice
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Cidaris Sea Urchins with Spines
Middle Jurassic Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Group of fossilised pencil urchins on a matrix with numerous spines. 2.69 kg, 27 cm
From Ardennes, France. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton in Matrix
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration. 434 grams, 20.7 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile. -
Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Conical tooth with light brown enamel. 9.14 grams, 48 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long.
