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LOT 2495
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS-EOCENE PERIOD, 70-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/8 - 1 in. (940 grams total, 7-27 mm).
Comprising specimens of different sizes, including examples retaining some or most of the root, enamel and/or serration. [Approximately 1600, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2495
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Deltadromeus Dinosaur Fossil Leg Bone Section
Cretaceous Period, 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
From the front leg of Deltadromeus agilis. 405 grams, 18 cm
From 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. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Of three teeth from Prognathodon sp., mosasaur specialised in eating tough shelled prey. 29.2 grams, 32-39 mm
UK collection since the 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Mixed Crystal Specimen Display Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: specularite; mini geode halves; citrine porcupine; pyrite; pink and green fluorite specimens; each held in a white card collector's tray with accompanying label. 420 grams total, 33-50 mm
Very fine condition.
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).