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LOT 0445
Macrophthalmus Crab Cluster
PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5.3-2.6 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 3/4 in. (132 grams, 19.8 cm).
Comprising three Macrophthalmus crabs.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Historic Mixed Fossil Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a variety of fossils including bivalves, Dactylioceras sp. specimens, a sea urchin, Gryphaea specimens and others. 4.4 kg total, 2-15.5 cm
Acquired from various sources within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Large Fossil Clavilithes Gastropod
Eocene Period, circa 40 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Clavilithes macrospira; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. 180 grams, 13 cm
From Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, UK. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Fossil Daguinaspis Trilobite
Cambrian Period, circa 539-485 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two matrices, one with Daguinaspis ambrogi fossil and the other containing a negative impression of a fossil. 124 grams total, 94 - 131 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.