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LOT 2488
Historic Mixed Fossil Collection
3/4 - 6 1/8 in. (4.4 kg total, 2-15.5 cm).
Comprising a variety of fossils including bivalves, Dactylioceras sp. specimens, a sea urchin, Gryphaea specimens and others. [48, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Fossil Shark Tooth and Fish Bone Group
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three sandstone matrices containing Otodus obliquus, Mosasaur prognathodon, and other teeth and fish bone fragments. 612 grams total, 95 - 111 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Gryphaea Bivalve
Jurassic Period, circa 150-200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck showing good detail, a small oyster shell attached to the lower end. 167 grams, 69 mm
From Conersby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. Ex old British collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated information sheet. -
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Fossil Fly Group
Eocene Period, 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three specimens on a matrix. 145 grams total, 51-66 mm
From the Green River Formation, south-western Wyoming, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill.
