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LOT 0426
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250 MILLION YEARS B.P.
12 1/4 in. (2.4 kg, 31.2 cm).
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix.
ProvenanceFrom Xingyi, Guizhou, China.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
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LOT 0426
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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Natural History - A Large Quantity of Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Grains
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including various size grains. 4 kg total, 1-6 mm
From Huanuco, Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Cornish Wavellite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising white and blue radial aggregates. 129 grams, 12.2 cm
From Cornwall, UK. Collected in person in 1965. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life. -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: prismatic quartz crystals; brucite from Italy; a matrix with zircon from Minsk; sphalerite with calcite; microcline felspar; barite from Nchanga, Zambia; sphalerite from Nenthead; two felspar pyromorphite; and a lava bomb from Vesuvius, Italy. 829 grams total, 32-76 mm
Collected in person in 1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
