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LOT 2414
Fossil Ginko Leaf in Matrix
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 359-299 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (169 grams, 76 mm).
A light-coloured specimen on a roughly rectangular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Large Brown Calcite Mineral Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Crystal and Mineral Specimen Collection [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Otodus Teeth with on Composite Rock
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
An irregular sandstone matrix set with a Mosasaur prognathodon sp. and an Otodus obliquus sp. teeth and other fossils. 301 grams, 10 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
