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LOT 1996
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (405 grams total, 11.9 cm wide each).
A pair of cut and polished fossil ammonite halves, each displaying the gas chambers; possibly Cleoniceras sp. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Large Mammoth Bone Display
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million years-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A large section of a mammoth scapula bone from Mammuthus primigenius; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.59 kg total, 41 cm high including stand
Fair condition.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Beetle
Cretaceous Period, 108-92 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A fossil beetle in matrix. 162 grams, 10.6 cm
From Santana Formation, Brazil. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Polished Amber with Spider Mite Inclusion
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
An ellipsoid section fragment of amber, polished, with three spider-mite inclusions. 1.52 grams, 32 mm
From the Baltic Sea Coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad. From an Essex, UK, collection. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with collection number 3208.
