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LOT 2470
Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 3/8 in. (210 grams total, 53-59 mm).
Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. specimens on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Prgain, Alnif, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
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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. -
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising four sections of Aepyornis eggs. 50 grams total, 35-68 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Ray-Finned Enchodus Jaw
Cretaceous Period, 67-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The fossilised remains of a Enchodus sp. ray-finned fish jaw, including a number of slender teeth; in an oblong matrix retaining its plaster field jacket. 3.7 kg, 40 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Enchodus is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned fish related to lancetfish and lizardfish.