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LOT 2498
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 - Amethyst Crystal Geode Section Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising variously sized cut sections, each with small dark purple to lavender-coloured amethyst crystals. 1.1 kg total, 26-48 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Showing three insect inclusions. 1.2 grams, 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large Composite Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth Assemblage
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
An assemblage of Mosasaur prognathodon teeth, attached to a jaw-shaped matrix for display; all set in a composite matrix. 6.59 kg, 37 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like 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.