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LOT 2284
Natural History - Fossil 'Diosaurus' Crocodile Skull and Vertebrae
PALEOCENE EPOCH, 66-56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
20 in. (7.15 kg, 51 cm).
Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2284
Natural History - Fossil 'Diosaurus' Crocodile Skull and Vertebrae
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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Natural History - Fossil Claudiosaurus Skeleton
Late Permian-early Triassic Period, circa 252-250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
On a rounded matrix. 8.85 kg, 32.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Claudiosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. It is theorised that this was a semi-aquatic, lizard-like dinosaur. -
Very Large Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years BPEstimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
A huge montage of over fifty large fossil Otodus obliquus shark teeth, set recently on a matrix slab for display. 35.1 kg, 52 cm
From a Cambridgeshire collection; from Morocco. From the Horton collection, UK. -
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a turtle coprolite (fossilised turtle excrement). 183 grams, 79 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
