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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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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragmentary jaw section set with five teeth, repaired. 165 grams, 16.3 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Curving tooth of Mosasaur prognathodon set in a jaw fragment. 152 grams, 80 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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. -
Two Large Otodus Extinct Shark's Fossil Teeth
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two large Otodus obliquus teeth. 48 grams total, 54-57 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
