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LOT 2169
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 - 2 1/8 in. (41 grams total, 37-56 mm).
Comprising three Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2169
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two insect specimens set in a resin block: a giant centipede from Asia and a stick insect from China. 346 grams total, 11 x 4.4 cm each
Acquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Natural History - British Wild Boar and Other Fossil Bone Group
Late Pleistocene Period, 1.5 million-7,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Including wild boar, deer, and others, comprising: neck vertebrae, collar bone, ball-shaped finial of the bone, etc. 1.54 kg total, 6.2-23 cm
Found Colwick Park, Nottinghamshire, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
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.
The woolly rhinoceros inhabited northern Eurasia and mostly fed on grasses and sedges that grew in the mammoth steppe. An adult typically stood at 1.45-1.6 metres high with a large front horn that would have measured 1-1.35 metres long.