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LOT 2442
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 in. (2.9 grams, 26 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 - Argochampsa Fossil Crocodile Skull
Paleocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
The upper part of Argochampsa krebsi on a sandy matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 4.9 kg, 45 cm
Fine condition.
From Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection.
Argochampsa or 'Argo crocodile' is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodilian, related to modern gharials. It lived in the Paleocene Period in Morocco. Described by Hua and Jouve in 2004, the type species is A. krebsi. Argochampsa and had a long narrow snout, and apparently marine in its behaviour. -
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Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Free-standing and polished to reveal the dividing gas chambers. 446 grams, 11 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
