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LOT 2390
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 1/8 in. (124 grams total, 77-81 mm).
Polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence. 124 grams total, 77-81 mm
From Madagascar. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill. -
Natural History - Moss Agate Cabochon
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Of oval form with a domed upper face; polished; held in a box labelled 'purchased in Darjeeling, India, 1961'. 1.87 grams, 17 mm
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P.R.of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Natural History - Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising five Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth; three repaired. 13 grams total, 23-29 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Taouz, Morocco. From an old German paleontological collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, Turtles and large fish.
