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LOT 3067
Liopleurodon Apex Marine Predator Fossil Vertebra
MIDDLE JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 160 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (1.16 kg, 14.1 cm wide).
The vertebra with concave depressions on both faces, two pairs of small processes on the outer face and a pair of ventrolateral crests.
ProvenanceFrom Farringdon Clay, Oxfordshire, UK.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
Liopleurodon is an extinct genus of pliosaurid plesiosaurs that could reach over 8 meters in length. It had two pairs of flippers, a short neck and a long head. Various studies have shown it to have been an ambush predator that fed on cephalopods, marine reptiles and fish.
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LOT 3067
Liopleurodon Apex Marine Predator Fossil Vertebra
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton in Matrix
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration. 434 grams, 20.7 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile. -
Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Displaying dark brown enamel; repaired. 10.6 grams, 48 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long. -
Gebel Kamil Meteorite Specimen
Found 2009 A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
A nickel-rich iron ataxite meteorite specimen, supplied in a display box with an information label. 50 grams total including case, 17 mm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
The Gebel Kamil meteorite fell in southwestern Egypt around 5000 years ago, creating the 45-meter-wide Kamil Crater.
