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LOT 2468
Fossil Fly Group
EOCENE PERIOD, 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 - 2 5/8 in. (145 grams total, 51-66 mm).
Comprising three specimens on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Green River Formation, south-western Wyoming, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill.
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Fossil Pyritised Obesum Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 195 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Etoderoceras obesum, showing good detail to the shell and spines. 474 grams, 10.4 cm
From Stonebarrow, Charmouth, Dorset, UK, 1980s. Ex old British collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
Sikhote Alin Meteorite
Fell 12th February 1947 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
A coarse octahedrite class IIB iron meteorite from a witnessed fall in the former USSR. 31 grams, 25 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Sikhote-Alin is an iron meteorite that fell on February, 13, 1947 on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in eastern Siberia. Though large iron meteorite falls had been witnessed previously and fragments recovered, never before in recorded history had a fall of this magnitude been observed. An estimated 70 tonnes of material survived the fiery passage through the atmosphere and reached the Earth. The strewn field for this meteorite covered an elliptical area of about 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi). Some of the fragments made impact craters, the largest of which was about 26 m (85 ft) across and 6 m (20 ft) deep. Fragments of the meteorite were also driven into the surrounding trees. The Soviet Union issued a stamp for the 10th anniversary of the Sikhote-Alin meteorite shower and this reproduces a painting by P. J. Medvedev, a Soviet artist who witnessed the fall: he was sitting in his window starting a sketch when the fireball appeared, so he immediately began drawing what he saw. -
Fossil Diosaurus Skull and Bones on Composite Matrix
Paleocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a composite sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. 6.66 kg, 51 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
