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LOT 1997
Natural History - Fossil Fly Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 3 1/4 in. (216 grams total, 73-82 mm).
A group of three fossil flies in matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Green River Formation, South Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill.
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Natural History - Permian Branchiosaur Fossil Amphibian on Matrix
Permian Period, circa 280 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A matrix containing a fossil Branchiosaur sp. amphibian on a matrix. 119 grams, 10.5 cm
Fine condition.
From Pfalz, Germany. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Branchiosaur means 'gill lizard'. -
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Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A mixed group of three Spinosaurs maroccanus fossil teeth with remains of enamelling; held in white card collector's trays. 90 grams total, 36-77 mm
Fine condition, repaired.
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 - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Slice Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A group of 15 agate geode slices of various sizes and displaying various colours, polished to both faces. 836 grams total, 8.6-10.1 cm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
