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LOT 2551
Fossil Snake Egg in Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 in. (75 grams, 54 mm).
An ovoid Ophidia egg on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom France.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Crab
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A rare Harpactocacinus punctatus crab on a matrix; repaired. 377 grams, 12.4 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Dinosaur Footprint
Lower Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Flat irregular plaque of sedimentary rock with footprint. 509 grams, 17 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Wyoming Fossil Knightia Fish
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Knightia alta specimen on a rectangular matrix. 439 grams, 15.5 cm
Ex AA Shop, Windsor, UK; and Donaldson collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
