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LOT 1988
Natural History - Fossil Starfish and Edrioasteroids
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (283 grams, 96 mm).
A matrix containing a fossil starfish, petraster and edrioasteroids Spinadiscus lefebvrei. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Tioririne Formation, El Kaid Rami, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - 'Whitby' Fossil Ammonites in Matrix
Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A group of Gagaticeras sp. fossil ammonites in an oval-shaped pebble. 770 grams, 14.2 cm
Fine condition.
From Lower Jurassic, Lower Lias, Yorkshire. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Large Diptera Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £121
A good sized polished block of Baltic amber with multiple inclusions including a large Diptera insect. 7.56 grams, 63 mm
Fine condition.
From the Baltic Sea coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad. English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with provenance. -
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A split stone nodule containing a Flexicalymene sp. fossil trilobite. 381 grams, 86 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
