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LOT 3164
Fossil Orthoceras Polished Coaster Set
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (660 grams, 90 mm wide).
Comprising a set of six round coasters and a holder, carved from fossiliferous stone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3164
Fossil Orthoceras Polished Coaster Set
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Orthoceras Polished Display Plaque
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A textured matrix set with Orthoceras specimens. 1.49 kg, 27 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a fly inclusion. 2.6 grams, 31 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Two Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
From Mosasaur prognathodon exhibiting brown patina, repaired. 60 grams total, 47-50 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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.
