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LOT 2681
Fossil Petraster Starfish Pair
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 - 3 7/8 in. (358 grams total, 88-98 mm).
Comprising two irregular matrices, each with Petraster sp. specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Spinosaurus Fossil Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth; repaired. 52 grams total, 58-61 mm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Fossil Petraster Starfish Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two matrices with a Petraster sp. specimen on each with some other fossil remains. 660 grams total, 13-13.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Meteoritic Tektite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A cigar-shaped specimen with dimpled surface. 12.3 grams, 68 mm
From South East Asia. Acquired from Organica Gems. 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.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
