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LOT 2372
Fossil Spinosaurus and African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 - 1 5/8 in. (18.5 grams total, 40-42 mm).
Comprising a Spinosaurs maroccanus and a Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth with some root; repaired. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Morocco, North Africa.
Property of an Essex gallery.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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LOT 2372
Fossil Spinosaurus and African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Fossil Shrimp Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three matrices, each with a Carpopenaeus sp. specimen. 295 grams total, 59-82 mm
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Coaster Holder with Coasters
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Carved from fossiliferous stone and comprising six polished coasters in a circular holder. 1.18 kg, 11.5 cm wide
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Bison Molar Tooth
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
From a young adult Bison antiquus. 44.9 grams, 65 mm
From Central 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.
