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LOT 2503
Ice Age Fossilised Horse Tooth
PLEISTOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (72 grams, 71 mm).
Molar tooth with some root present. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection since at least 1946.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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Boxed group of cut agate geodes, most with crystal-lined cavities, and pale-blue calcite specimens. 1.85 kg total, 29-52 mm
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Fossil Fern in Matrix
Triassic Period, circa 228-208 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Thinnfeldia talgarbarensis showing two branching leaves on a matrix. 91 grams, 95 mm
From the Blackstone formation, Dinmore Quarry, Queensland, Australia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Knightia Multiple Fossil Fish Plate
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
An oval matrix with four small and one large Knightia alta specimens. 192 grams, 14.4 cm
From 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 time. 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.
