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LOT 2496
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Marine Dinosaur Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 140-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (15.4 grams total, 17-30 mm).
Comprising four Mosasaur sp. fossil teeth with remains of enamelling. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
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LOT 2496
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Marine Dinosaur Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
From the lower jaw of Mosasaur prognathodon sp. displaying some teeth. 139 grams, 93 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
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Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. specimens on a matrix. 210 grams total, 53-59 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Prgain, Alnif, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.5 grams, 31 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Silver Moon Crystals, Southport, UK.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion.
