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LOT 2270
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 3/4 in. (496 grams total, 82-96 mm).
Comprising various fish bone fragments including teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
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LOT 2270
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil March Fly Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three shale matrices, each containing Pleciapealei sp. fossil march flies. 525 grams total, 7.5-12 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diplomystus sp. specimen on a rectangular matrix. 234 grams, 13.7 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
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Natural History - Hematoid Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a large quantity of dark double-terminated crystals. 96 grams total, 10-26 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
