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LOT 2317
Natural History - Fossil Shrimps
LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CENOMANIAN STAGE, CIRCA 100.5-93.9 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (123 grams, 69 x 66 mm).
On a sedimentary matrix comprising three Carpopenaeus callirostris specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth with Root Group
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Each Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. tooth on composite rock. 920 grams total, 13 cm each
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Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
The Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 1.48 kg, 29 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family. They went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic- Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.