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LOT 2276
Natural History - Fossil Polished Coral Head Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (336 grams, 93 mm).
Domed with highly-polished surfaces displaying the internal structures of the coral. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Very Large Fossil Orthoceras Sculpture
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Formed as a freestanding three-dimensional formation of torpedo-shapes on a chiselled matrix; each 'torpedo' with multiple Orthoceras sp. fossils, some showing the cross-section of the creature. 52.3 kg, 113.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Collection
Jurassic to Cretaceous Period, circa 180-60 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a mosasaur tooth with an information card; a spinosaurus tooth with an information label; a fish vertebra with an information label; an ichthyosaur vertebra from Weymouth, Dorset; a plesiosaur vertebra and a partial paddle bone from Lyme Regis. 884 grams total, 3-10.1 cm
Found Lyme Regis, Weymouth, UK, and Morocco, North Africa. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Natural History - Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A cut matrix with numerous overlapping Cymbites and Arnioceras sp. specimens. 729 grams, 15 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
