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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 - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Ordovician Period, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on matrices. 330 grams total, 9.1-11.4 cm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Fish and Lobster in Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Possibly Pseudostacus hakeliensis, together with a fossil fish, possibly Rhinobatos sp., both showing some good detail. 4.5 kg, 41 cm
Fine condition.
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Basilosaurus Jaw Fragment
Eocene Period, 41-34 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising three teeth on a jaw fragment. 205 grams, 18.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Basilosaurus was a large predatory whale that hunted for sharks, large fish and other marine mammals.