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LOT 2398
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaur Dinosaur Tooth Pair
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 1/2 in. (33 grams total, 57-62 mm).
Comprising two teeth with partial roots; repaired. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diplomystus sp. specimen on a matrix. 398 grams, 15.2 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
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Natural History - Fuchsite Mica Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3
Variously sized green examples with pearly lustre. 1.24 kg total, 32-62 mm
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Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antennae; on a matrix. 170 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
