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LOT 2485
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Bone and Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/4 - 4 in. (1.85 kg total, 33-99 mm).
Comprising various bones and jaw fragments with partial teeth, a coprolite, and others, each with an inked collector's number. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
FootnotesThe Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur 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.
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LOT 2485
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Bone and Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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50 Fuchsite Mica Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A group of 50 green fuchsite mica specimens with pearly lustre. 1.2 kg total, 28-54 mm
Very fine condition.
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung, using recently polished oblate Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 146 grams total, 57 cm
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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 were unable to reach. -
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Group of Ten [10] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising ten polished transparent to translucent slices, one showing interesting 'eye' formations, some with enhanced colouring. 593 grams total, 7.9-11.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
