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LOT 2396
Natural History - Fossil Woolly Rhinoceros Vertebra
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
5 in. (257 grams, 12.8 cm).
From the Coelodonta antiquitatis. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brown Bank, Lowestoft, UK.
From an old Norwich collection collected before 1960.
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Natural History - Diplomystus Fish Fossil
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
On a sandstone matrix, Diplomystus humilus, with an old information label attached to the matrix. 406 grams, 12.6 cm
From Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. From a Yorkshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras Tower
Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a Knightia alta specimen on a sedimentary matrix. 331 grams, 12.7 cm
From Wyoming, Green River Formation, U.S.A. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
