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LOT 3008
Fossil Hadrosaur Egg Pair
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 - 4 1/4 in. (1.56 kg total, 10.2-10.9 cm).
Comprising two hadrosaur eggs retaining evidence of the original leathery surface and how the eggshell was crushed before fossilising. [2]
ProvenanceFrom the Nanxiong formation, China.
Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan.
From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present-day ostrich eggs.
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LOT 3008
Fossil Hadrosaur Egg Pair
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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Group of Five Polished Fossilised Coral Head Hearts
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five cut and polished heart-shaped coral heads showing the internal structure of the polyps. 85 grams total, 25-34 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Campo Del Cielo Iron Meteorite
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising an elongated iron (IAB) meteorite. 1.67 grams, 15 mm
From Chaco Province, Argentina, the fall was discovered in 1576. Previously in a private collection formed in the 2000s. Acquired at auction in the UK. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990, it became protected by law. -
Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Cluster in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 444-439 million years B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Mortality plate of Flexicalymene trilobites mounted on a synthetic or matrix base, showing over twenty different-sized specimens. 2.44 kg, 28.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
