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LOT 2522
Fossil Crab
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (377 grams, 12.4 cm).
A rare Harpactocacinus punctatus crab on a matrix; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Amethyst Display on Stand
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a polished ovoid-shaped amethyst geode section with deep purple crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 933 grams, 180 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 175 grams, 60 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Fossil Claudiosaurus Skeleton
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 252-250 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Showing the acephalic skeleton of the extinct genus of diapsid reptile, on a rounded matrix. 4.34 kg, 28.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Claudiosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. It is theorised that this was a semi-aquatic, lizard-like dinosaur.
