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LOT 2306
Diplomystus Fossil Fish
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 70 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (226 grams, 10.3 cm).
Rectangular matrix with a single Diplomystus birdi specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Insects in Matrix Collection
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three different types of insects, one likely a locust. 90 grams total, 47-56 mm
From Brazil. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising two teeth showing good brown enamel, repaired. 74 grams total, 75-78 mm
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. -
Fossil Tylosaurus Marine Dinosaur Vertebra
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 92-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
The main body of a vertebra with two raised ridges underneath, likely a pygal or caudal vertebra; old inked collector's number 'VR26'. 622 grams, 96 mm
From near Harlan County Dam, Nebraska, USA. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Tylosaurus was an apex marine predator during the Late Cretaceous period, and is classified in the superfamily Mosasauroidea.
