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LOT 2235
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 in. (13.9 grams, 46 mm).
A rare unidentified agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg Nest
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
A large section of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur egg nest on matrix, including three eggs each retaining some of the original shell surface. 17.3 kg, 43 cm
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.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs. -
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Polished to highlight the fly inclusion. 1 grams, 22 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. 76.2 grams, 79 mm
From Florida, USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
