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LOT 1750
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 - 3 in. (90 grams total, 36-77 mm).
A mixed group of three Spinosaurs maroccanus fossil teeth with remains of enamelling; held in white card collector's trays. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
FootnotesThe Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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LOT 1750
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Natural History - Fossil Perisphinctes Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 170 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Pair of Barasaurus Skeletons
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Opening Bid: £333
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From Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile. -
Natural History - Fossil Wood Slice
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