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LOT 2382
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS-EOCENE PERIOD, 70-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (940 grams total, 3-41 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 2382
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £69
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Natural History - Fossil Leonaspis Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Showing the odontopleurid trilobite specimen on an irregular matrix; repaired. 180 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar L'Aghdad limestones, Djebel Issomour area, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Sporadoceras Goniatite Display
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
Free-standing and polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside, showing the dividing gas chambers. 299 grams, 10.3 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The polished surfaces allowing trapped insects to be viewed inside. 1.48 grams, 18 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
