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LOT 2400
Fossil Alethopteris Fern on Matrix
MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (208 grams total, 5.7-11.6 cm).
Comprising a group of irregular matrices with Pecopteris sp. ferns. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom St Clair, Pennsylvania, USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Unpolished Fossil Tree Branch Section Group [50]
Triassic Period, circa 235 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising fifty sections of petrified wood showing some bark details. 1.08 kg total, 25-59 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth on Composite Rock
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth set on matrices. 735 grams total, 12.4-12.6 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. -
Polished Mineral Specimen Egg Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising egg-shaped specimens of fossilised coral, orange alabaster and one in white material with a hole to the base, and an agate sphere. 878 grams total, 60-65 mm
Burwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
