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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 - Fossil Star Fish Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485.4-443.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three irregular matrices, two containing a single specimen of Petraster sp. and the third with two partial specimens. 671 grams total, 10.1-11.4 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.DSold for (Inc. bp): £52
An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.25 grams, 23 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion. -
Natural History - Fossil Triceratops Dinosaur Frill Bone Section
Upper Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a large rectangular section of the frill bone. 324 grams, 13.5 cm
From Lance Creek Formation, Weston Co., Wyoming, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
