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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 - Polished Douvilleiceras Ammonite Group
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three polished specimens with clean centres. 123 grams total, 48 mm each
From the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three polished specimens on a freestanding matrix. 1.2 kg, 18.5 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Group
Middle Pennsylvanian Period, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three Pecopteris sp. specimens. 180 grams total, 66-88 mm
From the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
