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LOT 2326
Natural History - British Woolly Mammoth or Rhinoceros Hip Bone
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
10 5/8 in. (1.78 kg, 27 cm).
Fragment of the pelvis with socket; drilled and provided with a rod for mounting. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the North Sea bed.
Ex Gemini Trading, UK.
From 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.
Accompanied by an old identification tag.
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LOT 2326
Natural History - British Woolly Mammoth or Rhinoceros Hip Bone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Large Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
In enhanced blue colour, showing dark banding separating quartz filled layers. 770 grams, 25.3 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish
Eocene period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diplomystus sp. specimen on a matrix. 328 grams, 14.5 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From a 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. -
Natural History - Polished Copal Group with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three rods with many insect inclusions. 43 grams total, 6-14 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
