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LOT 2391
Natural History - Fossil Amazon Rainforest Fossil Tree Trunk Section
CIRCA 100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 in. (2.5 kg, 15 cm wide).
Displaying fossilised bark and tree rings in red, burgundy, orange and black. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Bagua Grande region, Peru.
Ex old Spanish private collection of Mr J. Dornellas; acquired through inheritance in the 1950s.
Acquired from Proto Cultures Art, Manchester, UK, before 2010.
From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a Proto Cultures Art certificate of authenticity and other documentation.
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LOT 2391
Natural History - Fossil Amazon Rainforest Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antennae; on a matrix. 170 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. 222 grams, 77 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg Nest
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
A large section of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur egg nest on matrix, including three eggs each retaining some of the original shell surface. 17.3 kg, 43 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs.
