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LOT 2278
Natural History - Fossil Fern Fragments
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 305 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 4 in. (173 grams total, 6.8-10.2 cm).
Comprising three matrix fragments with fossil ferns. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Canada.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Mosasaur Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
From the lower jaw, displaying two teeth from Prognathodon sp.; repaired. 89 grams, 87 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Set on a textured freestanding matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. 1.9 kg, 25 cm high
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Lapis Lazuli Tile Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Of rectangular form with one polished face. 345 grams total, 9.4-10.1 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
