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LOT 2868
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth and Fish Bones
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 - 4 in. (441 grams total, 8.5-10.2 cm).
Comprising two matrices, each with a Mosasaur prognathodon tooth, and some other bone remains. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2868
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth and Fish Bones
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two teeth with partial root. 30 grams total, 62-73 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: erythrite from Mount Cobalt, Queensland, Australia, collection number 473; azurite from Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Zambia, collection number 443, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished onyx agate slice from Brazil, collection number 270; turquoise from Turquoise Mountain, Arizona, USA, collection number 487, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; natrolite from Ireland, collection number 496; a cut and polished agate slice from Mexico, collection number 327; quartz, collection number 312; quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 206; quartz from Cumbria, England, collection number 19. 353 grams total, 32-67 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antennae; on a matrix. 177 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
