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LOT 2238
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp and Fish on Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (172 grams, 90 mm).
The rectangular matrix with a fossil shrimp and faint remains of a fish showing the spine and head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Large British Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Leg Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.58 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three leg bones (radius, tibia) from Coelodonta antiquitatis. 5.65 kg total, 37-40 cm
Found Oxfordshire, UK, clay pits. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Natural History - Fossil Mioplosus Fish
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
On a rectangular matrix, showing good detail. 1.12 kg, 17.2 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
