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LOT 2461
Fossil Crab on Matrix
EOCENE-MIOCENE PERIOD, 58-5.3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (1.16 kg, 13.4 cm).
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix with its legs and claws curled underneath the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2461
Fossil Crab on Matrix
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 150 grams total, 58 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on, the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
Very Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Conical tooth with root; repaired. 43.1 grams, 12.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The 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. -
Fossil Brittle Star on Matrix
Ordovician Period, circa 485-443 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An irregular matrix with Ophiuroidea sp. specimen. 362 grams, 16 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
