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LOT 2496
Gypsum with Quartz Display
10 3/8 in. (629 grams total, 26.5 cm including stand).
Comprising a blade-shaped curving formation of transparent gypsum attached to a matrix with druzy quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 2496
Gypsum with Quartz Display
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Skull
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of a juvenile Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw teeth and throat teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand. 4.1 kg total, upper skull: 43.5 cm long
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur 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. -
Perisphinctes Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 174-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Perisphinctids indogermanus fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing. 578grams, 13.5 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A slender Mosasaur prognathodon tooth with some root in a sandstone matrix. 212 grams, 88 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
