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LOT 2411
Natural History - Fossil Stingray in Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 7/8 in. (1.2 kg, 17.5 cm).
The sedimentary matrix displaying a superb fossil Cyclobatis major stingray specimen.
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Cyclobatis stingray, or 'sun fish' is so called due to the radial arrangement of its pectoral fins.
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LOT 2411
Natural History - Fossil Stingray in Matrix
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Natural History - Fossil Fly Group
Eocene Period, 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three specimens on a matrix. 145 grams total, 51-66 mm
From the Green River Formation, south western Wyoming, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
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Natural History - Three-Dimensional Mosasaur Skull with Vertebrae
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Displaying the skull with at least 33 teeth surviving in the upper and lower jaw, many with remains of enamel, alongside the remains of at least 15 of the animal's vertebrae; a juvenile on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 19.7 kg, 62 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11722-197505.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young. -
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With surface texture to the head and spine; on a limestone matrix. 164 grams, 75 mm
From Hamar L'Aghdad, Djebel Issoumour area, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
