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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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LOT 2396
Natural History - Fossil Woolly Rhinoceros Vertebra
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Ordovician Period, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German collection. -
Natural History - Deltadromeus Dinosaur Fossil Bone Section
Cretaceous Period, 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
From the front leg of Deltadromeus agilis on a matrix; repaired. 1.1 kg, 22.5 cm long
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus had extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur was an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Displaying remains of enamelling and serration, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 5.05 grams, 32 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators of all time (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) and is related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
