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LOT 2177
Natural History - Fossil Deer Antler Group
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 1.8 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 - 4 3/4 in. (303 grams total, 10-12.1 cm).
From Odocoileus virginianus; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Alachua Formation, Taylor County, Florida, USA.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Boxed Lilac Fluorite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Of octahedral form; supplied in a labelled cardboard tray. 31 grams, 37 mm
From Illinois, U.S.A. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Gingko Leaf
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The light-coloured specimen on a matrix. 103 grams, 72 mm
From North Dakota, U.S.A. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Vertebra, Ribs and Jaw
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising various bone and rib fragments, a large vertebra and jaw fragments with teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix with applied plaster reinforcement. 12.8 kg, 46 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
