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LOT 2342
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (534 grams, 11.8 cm).
Polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and showing the dividing gas chambers; freestanding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Mixed Fossil Group
Jurassic to Carboniferous Period, 199-3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mostly consisting of various species of ammonite, together with a number of shells. 362 grams total, 10-87 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark's Fossil Tooth
Miocene-Pliocene Period, 23-3.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With some good tooth enamel, from Carcharocles megalodon. 214 grams, 10.5 cm
From Florida, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 3.95 kg, 34 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, and 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.
