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LOT 2297
Natural History - British Fossil Collection
CARBONIFEROUS-CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 305-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/4 - 4 1/8 in. (1.2 kg total, 2-10.5 cm).
Comprising a mixed group of eight fossils in eight card trays, different species and types including: Rugose Coral from Toddington, Derbyshire; Parinoceramus ventricosus and Aegoceras sp. ammonite from Blockley in Gloucestershire; Hysteroceras sp. ammonites from the foreshore at Folkestone, Kent; Dactylioceras commune from Staithes, Yorkshire; Hildoceras bifrons from near Eype, Dorset; and Dactylioceras sp. ammonite from Seavington St. Michael, Dorset. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom various sites in the UK.
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaurus Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two teeth with partial roots; repaired. 19 grams total, 52 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Natural History - Fossil Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, one of the largest known theropods, with good serrations. 14.1 grams, 49 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Charmouth Fossils, Dorset, UK, circa 2010. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. -
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Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Polished to highlight the insect inclusion. 0.43 grams, 18 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
