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LOT 3229
Fossil Whale Vertebra
PLIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 2 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 5/8 in. (7.4 kg, 22 cm).
Showing the edges of the neural arch and the base of transverse processes.
ProvenanceDredged from the North Sea.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3229
Fossil Whale Vertebra
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Phacops Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 444-439 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail in the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. 167 grams, 65 mm
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North American Diplomystus Fossil Fish
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular matrix with a Diplomystus sp. showing good rib detail. 625 grams, 19.7 cm
From Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, 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 Uinta, 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 period. 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.
