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LOT 3283
Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 1/4 in. (1.9 kg, 26 cm).
A freestanding textured matrix set with a Goniatite and two Orthoceras. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3283
Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Goniatite Polished Trinket Box
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ammonite-shaped lidded box carved from stone with a goniatite set on the lid. 1.39 kg, 15.6 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Keichousaurus Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Complete skeleton of a small Keichousaurus hui on a rectangular matrix, shown from the ventral side with visible hip bones and scapulae, front and hind limbs shown along the body and neck curving to the left. 567 grams, 16.9 cm
From the Guizhou formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, a member of the Pleurosaur family, which went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Fossil Orthoceras Polished Coaster Set
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a set of six round coasters and a holder, carved from fossiliferous stone. 660 grams, 90 mm wide
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
