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LOT 2408
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment with Teeth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/4 in. (340 grams, 18.5 cm).
A composite jaw fragment set with four teeth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The 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 2408
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment with Teeth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite Nodule
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A rounded pebble containing a Dactylioceras commune specimen. 92 grams total, 45-50 mm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Druzy Quartz Geode Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 120-140 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £650
An exquisite formation of grey and white druzy quartz on a geode section, a pair of cut stalagmite 'eyes' on one side with polished upper face showing the layered structure; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.85 kg, 23 x 18 x 15 cm, 29 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 163 grams, 58 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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.
