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LOT 2278
Natural History - Giant British Fossil Belemnite Collection
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 - 7 1/8 in. (495 grams total, 13.5-18 cm).
Comprising five bullet-shaped rostra of Belemnite cylindroteuthis. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Stone Treasures, Midlands, UK, 2017.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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LOT 2278
Natural History - Giant British Fossil Belemnite Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Polished Amber with Spider Mite Inclusion
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
An ellipsoid section fragment of amber, polished, with three spider-mite inclusions. 1.52 grams, 32 mm
From the Baltic Sea Coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad. From an Essex, UK, collection. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with collection number 3208. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 182 grams total, 64 cm long
Ex London collection, 2000s. -
Natural History - Enormous Two Metre Section of Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Spine
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
The spine section comprising sixteen large, perfectly lined dorsal vertebrae with transverse processes with another at each end lying flat, various other vertebrae and rib sections resting next to the spine; on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 60 kg, 1.79 m
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
