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LOT 2413
Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Nodule
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 370 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 1/8 in. (93 grams total, 41-53 mm).
Comprising the positive and negative of the trilobite specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. on a matrix. 275 grams total, 58-61 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Prgain, Alnif, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Jaw Fragment
Late Cretaceous Period, 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A section of a jaw with two Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus teeth. 63 grams, 76 mm
From the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco, North Africa. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
Most Mosasaurs had sharp teeth that had evolved to grab slippery prey such as fish. Igdamanosaurus had semi-spherical teeth with rounded points, which were better suited for crushing tough-armoured prey such as turtles, ammonites, nautili, and bivalves. -
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Natural History - Fossil Ray-Finned Enchodus Jaw
Cretaceous Period, 67-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The fossilised remains of a Enchodus sp. ray-finned fish jaw, including a number of slender teeth; in an oblong matrix retaining its plaster field jacket. 3.7 kg, 40 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Enchodus is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned fish related to lancetfish and lizardfish.
