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LOT 2503
Fossil Phacops Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 444-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (120 grams, 72 mm).
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail to the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Calcite Stalagmite Fragment
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Extinct Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Period, circa 250,000-24,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon teeth; one repaired. 48 grams total, 46-53 mm
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.