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LOT 2369
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star and Starfish Pair
ORDOVICIAN AGE, 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 - 5 in. (1.07 kg total, 12-12.8 cm).
Comprising a Petraster sp. on a rounded matrix and four Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on an irregular matrix. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 94 grams, 68 cm long
Ex private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s. -
Natural History - Large Fossil North African 'T-Rex' Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus displaying some serrations and partial root. 55 grams, 94 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - White Pecopteris Fossil Fern Group
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Contained in a matrix with specimens to both sides. 1.34 kg total, 20-21 cm
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
These fern fossils commonly found in coal-mining areas worldwide. However, the St. Clair ferns are treasured for their rarity and beauty, a result of the fossilised ferns gaining a coating of the mineral pyrophyllite which contrasts with the natural black shale matrix.
