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LOT 2361
Fossil Grmmoceras and Cotteswoldia Ammonite Cluster
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (364 grams, 13.5 cm).
A triangular composite matrix with Grmmoceras with some Cotteswoldia examples, and a belemnite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLikely from Yorkshire.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Ceratarges Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Likely Ceratarges spinosus showing the distinctive protective spines. 190 grams, 79 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment with Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A composite jaw fragment set with five teeth. 254 grams, 16 cm
From Morocco. 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. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising three Mosasaur Prognathodon teeth, each showing good enamel. 60 grams total, 46-65 mm
From Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco, West Africa. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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.
