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LOT 2439
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (500 grams total, 8.9-11 cm).
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old German collection.
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Of three teeth from Prognathodon sp., mosasaur specialised in eating tough shelled prey. 27 grams total, 32-35 mm
UK collection since the 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising seven pieces containing insects together with other inclusions. 1.96 grams total, 9-17 mm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
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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): £104
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 88 grams, 66 cm long
Ex private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
