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LOT 1839
Natural History - Fossil Crab
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (300 grams, 12.2 cm wide).
A fossil crab on a sedimentary matrix, the matrix carved to act as a stand for display.
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Coelacanth Fossil Fish
Triassic Period, circa 247 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A fossil coelacanth Whiteia woodwardia fish showing good details, including fins, tail and bony skull structure; supplied in a glazed display case. 118 grams, 15.8 cm (280 grams total, 16 x 13.5 cm including case)
Fine condition, professionally repaired and conserved.
From the Karoo formation of Madagascar. Private Shropshire, UK, collection.
The primitive-looking coelacanth was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Its discovery in 1938, by a South African museum curator on a local fishing trawler, fascinated the world and ignited a debate about how this bizarre lobe-finned fish fits into the evolution of land animals. It is often referred to as a ‘living fossil’, referencing its anomalous form in the fossil record. -
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A group of five Baltic amber pieces, each containing flies together with other inclusions. 3.3 grams total, 11-23 mm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Fossil Tower
Devonian Period, circa 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A free-standing pillar of seven polished Orthoceras fossils. 3.1 kg, 31 cm high
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Bristol paleontological collection.
