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LOT 2471
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Pair
MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (118 grams total, 58-60 mm).
Comprising two pairs of Pecopteris sp. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising a pair of Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth; repaired. 54 grams total, 48-52 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Triceratops Dinosaur Frill Bone Section
Upper Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a large rectangular section of the frill bone. 197 grams, 12.5 cm
From Lance Creek Formation, Weston Co., Wyoming, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A specimen of polished amber with insect inclusion. 2.25 grams, 25 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
