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LOT 3134
Fossil Swordfish Bill
4 in. (6 1/4 in.) (230 grams total, 10 cm (16 cm including case)).
Fragment of the fossilised bill of a Xiphiorhynchus or similar fish; in a glazed case with backing material and illustrated label. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3134
Fossil Swordfish Bill
Estimate £25 - 35€29 - 41 (for guidance only)$34 - 47 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Very Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Lower Jaw
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Large assembled section of a jaw with ten large teeth displaying dark brown patina, set on a sandstone matrix. 9.37 kg, 63 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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. -
Exceptionally Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Very large conical tooth of Spinosaurs maroccanus, supplied in a glazed display case with an information label. 545 grams total including case, tooth: 17.4 cm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long. -
Fossil Otodus Extinct Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large Otodus obliquus tooth set on a tongue-shaped matrix. 876 grams, 11.1 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
