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LOT 3260
Fossil Coral Actinocyathus Specimen
LOWER CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 360-300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/2 in. (975 grams, 16.4 cm).
Unpolished specimen of an extinct genus of colonial horn coral, showing the typical honeycomb-like polyps. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Assa Za, Western Sahara.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3260
Fossil Coral Actinocyathus 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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Group of Three Metasequoia Fossils
Oligocene Period, circa 34-23 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Three irregular matrices containing dawn redwood fossils, showing twig and needle leaves. 100 grams total, 50-60 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Hadrosaur Egg Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising two hadrosaur eggs retaining evidence of the original leathery surface and how the eggshell was crushed before fossilising. 1.56 kg total, 10.2-10.9 cm
From the Nanxiong formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present-day ostrich eggs. -
Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with an insect inclusion. 3.07 grams, 31 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
