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LOT 0916
Geological Fossil Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg Nest
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 65 MILLION YEARS BP
13 1/2" (Fossil including display case: 6.6 kg, 34 cm).
A large fossilised Hadrosaur egg nest, partly excavated from its matrix; the shell and contents visible; supplied in custom-made display case.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1990's.
Footnotes
Hadrosaurs include the egg-laying, duck-billed dinosaurs; clusters of their eggs in nests have been found in China.
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