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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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LOT 2306
Diplomystus Fossil Fish
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
An irregular matrix with Cylindroteuthis puzosiana belemnite and an impression of Kosmoceras ammonite, inked collector's number '55'. 687 grams, 27.1 cm
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Polished Copal 'Spike' with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Harpes Trilobite in Matrix
Middle Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With an ovate cephalon and an outer bilaminar brim extending posteriorly to long genal prolongations. 475 grams, 99 mm
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.
