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LOT 2325
Fossil Cambropallas Trilobite Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/2 in. (1.52 kg, 24 cm).
A large Cambropallas telesto trilobite on a textured matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Sulphur Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Shark's Teeth on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composite sandstone matrix with Mosasaur Prognathodon and extinct shark tooth with other fossil remains. 248 grams, 10.1 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.