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LOT 1796
Natural History - Fossil Odontochile Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (423 grams, 10.9 cm).
With well-defined moderately vaulted exoskeleton, on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, 145-100.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Euhoplites probiscidus with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell; supplied in a wooden storage box. 20.3 grams, 42 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Boxed Historic Quartz on Calcite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Mainly comprising white small crystals on light yellow calcite matrix. 173 grams, 58 mm
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Age, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
From the right side of Ursus spelaeus lower jaw, displaying a canine and four other teeth. 424 grams, 24.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.
