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LOT 2240
Natural History - Fossil Cave Lion Upper Jaw
MIDDLE-LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-25,000 YEARS B.P.
7 3/4 in. (311 grams, 19.5 cm).
From the left side of Panthera spelaea lower jaw, displaying a large canine and three other teeth.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
FootnotesPanthera spelaea is also known as the steppe lion or cave lion, became extinct about 13,000 years ago. Based on contemporary cave drawings, this prominent member of the mammoth steppe fauna, probably only had a very small mane.
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Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
Mainly Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
An interesting group of fossils comprising: four polished orthoceras specimens; a polished goniatite; three polished coral specimens; two Otodus obliquus teeth on matrices; a clam shell; ammonites; various dinosaur bones, one with a an old typed note; a section of Pycnodont fish on a matrix. 1.89 kg total, 1.3-11 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Collection
Jurassic to Cretaceous Period, circa 180-60 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a mosasaur tooth with an information card; a spinosaurus tooth with an information label; a fish vertebra with an information label; an ichthyosaur vertebra from Weymouth, Dorset; a plesiosaur vertebra and a partial paddle bone from Lyme Regis. 884 grams total, 3-10.1 cm
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Natural History - Fossil Permian Plants and Ferns on Matrix
Permian Period, 298-252 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising two irregular matrices, each with multiple plant and fern fossils. 318 grams total, 10.6-20 cm
From Saxony, Germany. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
