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LOT 2352
Natural History - Cut Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. (55 grams total, 84 x 64 mm including case).
Polished agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Ordovician Period, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on matrices. 330 grams total, 9.1-11.4 cm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German collection. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including at least one fly; with a polished teardrop-shaped body. 1.1 grams, 21 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. -
Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Ammonite Group
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three polished specimens with clean centres. 123 grams total, 48 mm each
From the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
