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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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Polished 'Orca' Agate
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A freestanding display, polished to enhance the mimicking patterns and colours of an orca. 628 grams, 12.6 cm
From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaur Coprolite
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 70-66.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two Tyrannosaurus Rex coprolites. 153 grams total, 45 - 58 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Mioplosus Fossil Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
An extinct genus of percid fish showing good detail to the body and fins. 592 grams, 16.8 cm
From the Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VP254; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
