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LOT 2395
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Group
MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 1/2 in. (180 grams total, 66-88 mm).
Comprising three Pecopteris sp. specimens. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Polished Orthoceras 'Rocket' Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Of large size, polished to reveal internal detail; on a textured matrix. 10.9 kg, 92 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Priscacara Fish
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
On a rectangular matrix. 259 grams, 17.5 cm
Fine condition.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras Tower
Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising seven polished specimens. 2.1 kg, 28.8 cm high
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
