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LOT 2401
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Leg Bone Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 3/8 in. (389 grams total, 75-86 mm).
Two front leg bone sections from the Dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis; one repaired. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.
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LOT 2401
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Leg Bone Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Quartz Crystal on Matrix Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising a large irregular matrix with calcite, clear quartz crystal clusters to one side with a large prismatic crystal to one side. 607 grams, 13 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Polished Baltic Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Polished to highlight the various inclusions. 6.21 grams, 40 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaurus Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two teeth with partial roots; repaired. 19 grams total, 52 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
