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LOT 2487
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth on Composite Rock
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 7/8 - 5 in. (735 grams total, 12.4-12.6 cm).
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth set on matrices. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 2487
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth on Composite Rock
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Quartz Tree on Amethyst Crystal Geode Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
On a dark coloured amethyst geode matrix; the metal branches tipped with polished translucent quartz pebbles. 481 grams, 18 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Sodalite Candle Holder
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Cut to a cuboid shape and with a circular recess (38mm in diameter) to accept a candle. 380 grams, 66 mm
From Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 207 grams, 59 cm
Ex West country, UK, collection, 1990s onwards.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach.
