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LOT 3224
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite Set in Slate
LOWER CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (1.64 kg, 22 x 19 cm).
Polished specimen showing attractive iridescence, carefully released from a matrix and mounted on a slate tile. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3224
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite Set in Slate
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Orthoceras Polished Display Plaque
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A textured matrix set with Orthoceras specimens. 1.49 kg, 27 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Partial Jaw
Ice Age, circa 20,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment of the mandible from a woolly mammoth (E. primigenius) showing curvature. 1.33 kg, 29 cm
From Doggerland, the now disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fisherman. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Very Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Lower Jaw
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Large assembled section of a jaw with ten large teeth displaying dark brown patina, set on a sandstone matrix. 9.37 kg, 63 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile 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.
