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LOT 2364
Natural History - Fossil Mioplosus Fish
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (1.12 kg, 17.2 cm).
On a rectangular matrix, showing good detail. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Large British Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Leg Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.58 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three leg bones (radius, tibia) from Coelodonta antiquitatis. 5.65 kg total, 37-40 cm
Found Oxfordshire, UK, clay pits. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
The woolly rhinoceros inhabited northern Eurasia and mostly fed on grasses and sedges that grew in the mammoth steppe. An adult typically stood at 1.45-1.6 metres high with a large front horn that would have measured 1-1.35 metres long. -
Natural History - Fossil North American Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaur Coprolites
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A pair of coprolites (fossilised dung) from a North American tyrannosaurid dinosaur. 85 grams total, 37-43 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Book Ends
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Cut from a fossiliferous stone, each set with a central Goniatite sp. specimen. 2.17 kg total, 12.2 cm high each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
