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LOT 2144
Natural History - Fossil Trilobite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 7/8 in. (279 grams total, 45-73 mm).
Comprising three trilobites, two Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. trilobites and one Hollardops mesacristata on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - Pink Dolomite Crystal Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising small and larger pieces of pink dolomite, some with small pyrite crystals. 765 grams total, 20-40 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.4 kg, 31.2 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Promicroceras planicosta with iron stained surface giving a beautiful contrast in colour, from the Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone. 42.53 grams, 67 mm
From Queen Camel, Somerset, UK, in 2008. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page with reference no.AMM7149.
