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LOT 2028
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (323 grams total, 10.3-10.5 cm).
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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LOT 2028
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Pair of Barasaurus Skeletons
Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
A pair of complete fossil Barasaurus besairiei skeletons on a matrix. 2.08 kg, 29.5 cm wide
From Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile. -
Natural History - Barrandeops Fossil Trilobite
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A fossil Morocops barrandeops sp. trilobite on a matrix. 331 grams, 85 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Pyrite Crystal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A group of ten iron pyrites, or 'fool's gold', nuggets displaying crystals of various sizes. 1.26 kg total, 40-81 mm
From Peru. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
