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LOT 2344
Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-439 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (128 grams, 74 mm).
Comprising two aquatic arthropod showing good detail in the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2344
Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix
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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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Bone and Tooth Collection
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising various bones and jaw fragments with partial teeth, a coprolite, and others, each with an inked collector's number. 1.85 kg total, 33-99 mm
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.
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. -
Agate Geode Display with Pink Druzy Quartz
Circa 140-120 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With thick agate borders and an interior window revealing pink druzy coating over nascent stalactites; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.88 kg, 17.5 x 17 x 8 cm, 24 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Fossil Tylosaurus Marine Dinosaur Vertebra
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 92-66 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
The main body of a vertebra with two raised ridges underneath, likely a pygal or caudal vertebra; old inked collector's number 'VR26'. 622 grams, 96 mm
From near Harlan County Dam, Nebraska, USA. 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.
Tylosaurus was an apex marine predator during the Late Cretaceous period, and is classified in the superfamily Mosasauroidea.
