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LOT 2537
Extinct Cave Bear Lower Jaw
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 250,000-24,000 B.P.
10 5/8 in. (826 grams, 27 cm).
Displaying both sides of the Ursus spelaeus lower jaw with molars and lower canines present; some restoration.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Fossil Otodus Shark's Tooth in Display
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising an Otodus obliquus tooth in a display frame. 15.5 grams, 50 mm (52 grams total, 12.7 cm including stand )
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Composite Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising six Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set on a composite matrix. 1.55 kg, 20.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. 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. -
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Boxed Realgar Orpiment Mineral Specimen Group [12]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Yellow specimens with some red areas, each set in foam in a labelled cardboard specimen tray. 146 grams total, 14-26 mm
From Getchel, Nevada, USA. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
