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LOT 2462
Fossil Knightia Alta Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (49 grams, 77 mm).
Comprising two Knightia alta fish on a rounded matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Green River Fossil Priscacara Fish
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Priscacara liops fish in rectangular matrix, showing good detail especially to the fins. 433 grams, 220 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene Lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
Fossil Sand Shark Tooth Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising various size Otodus obliquus teeth. 41 grams total, 13-39 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Plate
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Comprising fourteen teeth, one with only a tip visible, and various jaw fragments set on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 9.75 kg, 47.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
