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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 - Fossil Cretaceous Crocodile Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A fossilised jaw section with indentations. 270 grams, 10 cm
From the Tegana Formation, Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish
Eocene period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diplomystus sp. specimen on a matrix. 328 grams, 14.5 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
Natural History - Large Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Showing good bark detail, cut to reveal the internal structure. 2.73 kg, 16.5 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
