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LOT 2362
Natural History - A Collection of Fossils
DEVONIAN TO JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 417-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 6 1/8 in. (584 grams total, 7.4-15.5 cm).
Mixed group including Perisphinctids indogermanus ammonite, Goniatite and Orthoceras. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 173 grams total, 87-91 mm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Oxynotum Zone Fossil Cluster
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The matrix set with a montage of ammonites, bivalves and a belemnite. 119 grams, 10 cm
From Tuffley, Gloucestershire, UK. From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With some good enamel, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 10.3 grams, 51 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
