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LOT 2495
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 5/8 in. (17 grams, 42 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 Fern Nodules
Carboniferous Period, circa 310 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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From Mazon Creek, Pennsylvania, Illinois, USA. Ex Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Amphibian Coprolite
Chinle Formation, Upper Triassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rounded mass from Seymouria baylorensis. 67.8 grams, 55 mm
From the Chinle Formation, New Mexico. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 190 grams, 66 cm long
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
