Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite Group

JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.

3 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (789 grams total, 88-95 mm).

Two rounded pebbles, the left specimen Dactylioceras tenuicostatum, the one on the right Dactylioceras commune or athleticum. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

From Sussex, UK.
The present part of the collection was gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.

CONDITION

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LOT 3185