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LOT 2466
Natural History - Fossil Fly Group
EOCENE PERIOD, 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 - 2 5/8 in. (145 grams total, 51-66 mm).
Comprising three specimens on a matrix. [3, 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 - Mosasaur Fossil Jaw Section
Late Cretaceous Period, 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a partial jaw and two teeth from Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus. 110 grams, 72 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Fly Group
Eocene Period, 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three specimens on a matrix. 150 grams total, 58-60 mm
From the Green River Formation, south western Wyoming, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Woolly Rhinoceros Vertebra
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
From the Coelodonta antiquitatis. 257 grams, 12.8 cm
From Brown Bank, Lowestoft, UK. From an old Norwich collection collected before 1960.
