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LOT 2376
Natural History - Deltadromeus Dinosaur Fossil Leg Bone Section
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/8 in. (405 grams, 18 cm).
From the front leg of Deltadromeus agilis. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus had extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur was an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.
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LOT 2376
Natural History - Deltadromeus Dinosaur Fossil Leg Bone Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Fossil Wild Boar Leg Bone
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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From Brown Bank / Dogger beds, North Sea, Netherlands. Acquired 1980s. From an old Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Nantan Iron Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With a composition of 92.35% iron and 6.96% nickel, classified as a nickel iron meteorite (111CD). 34.7 grams, 46 mm
From Nantan Nandan County, Guangxi Region, China. From an old Lincoln, UK, collection.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Set on a sandstone matrix; tooth repaired. 250 grams, 95 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
