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LOT 2546
Large Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (75 grams, 97 mm).
A large specimen showing partial root and clear ribbing; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
FootnotesThe Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bowl
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A shallow bowl carved from fossiliferous stone, showing a section of a large Orthoceras sp. specimen. 218 grams, 12 cm
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
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Spectacular Woolly Mammoth Tusk Pair
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
A high quality pair displaying beautiful brown, green and cream colouring, from a young female Mammuthus primigenius; accompanied by custom-made display stands; some restoration. 24.85 kg total including stands, 151-159 cm long (outer edge)
From the Siberian Tundra. Ex Arctic Antiques, Germany. From the private collection of Commander Michael J Norman OBE AFC RN, Somerset, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of origin from Germany. Accompanied by a copy of the original purchase invoice (17,838.00 Euros). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no. 12353-225019.
Both tusks were recovered from the same place in the Siberian permafrost in 2016. The left tusk weighs an impressive 6.2 kg and the right tusk 6.02 kg. The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers couldn't get to.
