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LOT 2797
Fossil Sand Shark Teeth Display
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (42 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand).
Comprising seven Otodus obliquus teeth; supplied in a display frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Ammonite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Goniatite sp. showing some internal walls. 515 grams, 12.2 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. 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. -
Mesosaurus Fossil Reptile Skeleton
Lower Permian Period, circa 285 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
A complete preserved Mesosaurus brasiliensis skeleton in limestone. 1.11 kg total, 26.7 cm
From the Irati-Formation, Parana Delta, Brazil. From a Berkshire, UK, collection.
The mesosaurs were fast swimming predators which lived in fresh water, probably preying on small fish, insects and other aquatic invertebrates. -
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Boxed Realgar Orpiment Mineral Specimen Group [24]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Each specimen set on a foam insert within a labelled box. 387 grams total, 20-31 mm
From Getchel, Nevada, USA. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
