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LOT 2502
Natural History - Fossil Starfish on Matrix
ORDOVICIAN AGE, 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (761 grams, 16 cm).
Comprising two Petraster sp. specimens on a rectangular matrix; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Ammonite Group
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three polished specimens with clean centres. 123 grams total, 48 mm each
From the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Dactylioceras Athleticum Ammonite Cluster
Jurassic Period, 199-175 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising several different sized specimens on a sandstone matrix. 412 grams, 15.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Argochampsa Fossil Crocodile Skull
Paleocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
The upper part of Argochampsa krebsi on a sandy matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 4.9 kg, 45 cm
Fine condition.
From Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection.
Argochampsa or 'Argo crocodile' is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodilian, related to modern gharials. It lived in the Paleocene Period in Morocco. Described by Hua and Jouve in 2004, the type species is A. krebsi. Argochampsa and had a long narrow snout, and apparently marine in its behaviour.
