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LOT 2425
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5/8 in. (1.67 grams, 17 mm).
Including at least one fly; with a polished body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
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Natural History - Three-Dimensional Mosasaur Skull with Vertebrae
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Displaying the skull with at least 33 teeth surviving in the upper and lower jaw, many with remains of enamel, alongside the remains of at least 15 of the animal's vertebrae; a juvenile on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 19.7 kg, 62 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11722-197505.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Displaying a fossil Knightia sp. fish. 621 grams, 15.5 cm
Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
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 - Polished Heart-Shaped Fossil Coral Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bifacial palm stone, polished to show to structure of the fossilised coral. 106 grams, 68 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
