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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 Hexagonia Coral
Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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From the Western Sahara, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
Upper Palaeocene, Thanetian Stage, circa 56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
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Comprising four eggshell sections from Aepyornis. 49.2 grams total, 47-61 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
The elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century.
