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LOT 2194
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 - 2 3/4 in. (104 grams total, 52-69 mm).
Comprising two large specimens with good enamel; one repaired. [2, 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 2194
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Polished to highlight the fly and other inclusions. 1.19 grams, 26 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Heads
Devonian Period, circa 350 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Polished on all faces to an irregular oval shape, showing the structure of the coral. 296 grams, 79 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9
Comprising three polished, dome-shaped buttons, each with a central Goniatite sp. specimen; supplied with a display stand. 65 grams total, 29-31 mm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
