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LOT 2371
Natural History - Fossil Crab on Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 in. (1.8 kg total, 17.5 cm).
Showing both sides of the carapace and both claws; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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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. -
Natural History - Fossil Nautilus Group
Cretaceous Period, 120 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three polished Cymatoceras sakalavus specimens. 140 grams total, 40-46 mm
From the jungles of Mahajanga on the North West coast of Madagascar. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
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Natural History - Otodus Fossil Shark's Teeth in Large Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The composite matrix set with a group of nine fossil Otodus sp. shark's teeth. 4.1 kg, 24 cm
Fine condition.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
