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LOT 2329
Fossil Petraster Starfish
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (550 grams, 12.1 cm).
An irregular matrix with a single Petraster sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Brittle Star Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485.4-443.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two irregular matrices, each with a Ophiuroidea sp. specimen; one repaired. 858 grams total, 11-11.1 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Carved Stone Goat Figure
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Carved from a brown veined stone as a standing goat with curving horns. 90 grams, 77 mm
Ex S.M. London collection, UK, 1970-1990s. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Otodus Teeth with on Composite Rock
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
An irregular sandstone matrix set with a Mosasaur prognathodon sp. and an Otodus obliquus sp. teeth and other fossils. 301 grams, 10 cm
From 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.
