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LOT 3133
Early Horse Fossil Bone Specimen
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 20,000 B.P.
13 in. (764 grams, 33cm).
Long leg bone with dark brown patina. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Doggerland, the now-disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands.
Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fishermen.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
Ice Age horses were smaller than their modern relatives, and were well-adapted to the harsh cold climate, resembling the modern Przewalski's horses.
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LOT 3133
Early Horse Fossil Bone Specimen
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Woolly Rhino Bone Specimen
Devensian, circa 20,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large section of a pelvic bone of a Coelodonta antiquitatis. 1.88 kg, 39 cm
From Doggerland, the now-disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fishermen. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
The woolly rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros that inhabited Eurasia during the Ice Age. It was well adapted to the harsh conditions, with a long, woolly coat and a thick undercoat. -
Large Otodus Extinct Shark Fossil Teeth Group
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two large Otodus obliquus teeth. 43.8 grams total, 47-62 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Bone Fragments
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising eight differently sized bone fragments from different bone structures. 130 grams total, 20-55 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. 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.
