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LOT 2430
Natural History - Extinct Malagasy Dwarf Hippopotamus Tusk
HOLOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 10000 YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (87 grams total, 11 x 8.5 cm including case).
Hippopotamus lemerlei tusk; in a glazed display box. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Southern Madagascar.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2430
Natural History - Extinct Malagasy Dwarf Hippopotamus Tusk
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Pleistocene Age, circa 40.000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Displaying some attractive patterning. 126 grams, 19 cm
From the North Sea. From an old Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonites
Lower Jurassic Period, circa 172 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a number of Dactylioceras sp. ammonites on a matrix. 342 grams, 12.3 cm
From Bayern, Germany. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - British Asteroceras Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 202-201 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Displayed in a free-standing matrix; from the Frodingham Ironstone Member. 2 kg, 18 cm
From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
