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LOT 2150
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 90 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (364 grams, 12.2 cm).
A vertebra with partial neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. [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 2150
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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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. -
Natural History - Otodus Shark Fossil Tooth Cluster
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising six Otodus obliquus teeth set in a sandstone matrix. 1 kg, 15.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A vertebra with neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. 247 grams, 87 mm
From 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.
