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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 Pecopteris Fern Leaves
Carboniferous Period, Pennsylvanian Epoch, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
An irregular matrix containing Pecopteris fossil ferns on both sides. 385 grams, 17 cm
From USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Massive Cave Stalagmite Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A colossal cut section of cream-coloured stalagmite showing natural ripples. 66.7 kg, 90 cm
Previously from a Hong Kong collection. Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
A stalagmite, is an upward-growing mound of mineral deposits growing on the floor of a cave due to accumulation of material deposited from ceiling drippings. They are typically formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate and other minerals, which is precipitated from mineralised water solutions. Limestone is the chief form of calcium carbonate rock which is dissolved by water that contains carbon dioxide, forming a calcium bicarbonate solution in underground caverns. -
Coloured Composite Quartz Nodule Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three opened composite nodules with colourful, dyed crystals. 377 grams total, 44-88 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
