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LOT 2256
Natural History - Fossil Pennsylvania Fern on Matrix
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 345-280 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 4 1/8 in. (160 grams total, 7.5-10.5 cm).
Comprising four bifacial matrices with Pecopteris sp. ferns. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Onchosaurus Rostral Spines
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two Onchopristus numidus snout spines. 26 grams total, 50-54 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Group
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three cut and polished nodules showing a Dactylioceras sp. specimen. 417 grams total, 64-99 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including rock crystal pebble, desert rose (baryte) crystals, flint nodules and other types. 1.1 kg total, 32-96 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
