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LOT 2487
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 in. (10.1 grams, 35 mm).
An agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The medium sized freestanding white ammonite with a cut base. 1.3 kg, 12.1 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth with Root Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. tooth on composite rock. 920 grams total, 13 cm each
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittlestar
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Ophiuroidea sp. on an irregular matrix. 430 grams, 16 cm
From El Kaid, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
