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LOT 3010
Exceptionally Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 7/8 in. (545 grams total including case, tooth: 17.4 cm).
Very large conical tooth of Spinosaurs maroccanus, supplied in a glazed display case with an information label.
ProvenanceProperty of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
FootnotesThe 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.
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LOT 3010
Exceptionally Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pair of bookends carved from fossiliferous stone with raised Orthoceras specimens. 2.14 kg total, 12 cm high each
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossilised Mineral Mud
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four specimens of sedimentary rock with natural layering. 647 grams total, 58-75 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Large Fossil Woolly Mammoth Hip Joint
Ice Age, circa 20,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large part of the ball from the femur of a woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius, revealing the inner structure. 3.14 kg, 31.5 cm
From Doggerland, the now disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fisherman. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
