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LOT 2316
Natural History - Fossil Barasaur Reptile Skeletons
LATE PERMIAN-EARLY TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 255 MILLION YEARS B.P.
11 5/8 in. (2 kg, 29.5 cm).
Two rare Barasaurus besairiei skeletons on a matrix.
ProvenanceFrom Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoidpara reptile.
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Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Tooth
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With some good enamel, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 10.3 grams, 51 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Comprising different sizes and colours ranging from white to red and dark brown, some with attractive banding. 1.18 kg total, 21-37 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
