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LOT 2333
Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (222 grams, 77 mm).
A Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three freestanding boulders with a cut and polished upper face showing grey and brown banding, one showing the internal cavity filled with clear quartz crystals. 1.47 kg total, 8-11.2 cm
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a large quantity of bright yellow samples in various sizes. 1.2 kg total, 18-65 mm
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising of Prognathodon sp. tooth with root on a sandstone matrix. 168 grams, 10 cm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
