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LOT 2444
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (181 grams, 76 mm).
Comprising a large example of turtle coprolite (fossilised turtle excrement). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA.
Acquired during the 1980s.
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Leg Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two front leg bone sections from the Dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis; one repaired. 389 grams total, 75-86 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a large quantity of bright yellow samples in various sizes. 1.2 kg total, 18-65 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fly in Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 50-55 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Polished to highlight the Diptera sp. fly inclusion. 2.1 grams, 25 mm
From Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card.
