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LOT 2403
Natural History - British Cardinia Fossil Bivalve Display Collection
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 201-202 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 - 8 1/4 in. (2.6 kg total, 12.5-21 cm).
Comprising three polished specimens of Cardinia sp. fossil bivalves, two in matrices, one accompanied by a display stand; from the Frodingham formation. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the exhausted Conesey Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
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LOT 2403
Natural History - British Cardinia Fossil Bivalve Display Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Ordovician Period, circa 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative impression of the Flexicalymene trilobite. 167 grams, 75 mm
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Natural History - Large Orthoceras Fossil Tower
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising a number of polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a freestanding matrix. 3.66 kg, 37.5 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Plate
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
The rectangular matrix containing four Knightia alta sp. fish. 955 grams, 24.2 cm
From the Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. Ex 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.
