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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 - Fossil Elrathia Trilobite Cluster
Cambrian Period, circa 538-485 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
An irregular matrix showing multiple Elrathia sp. specimens with a sub-ovate carapaces. 106 grams, 94 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Comprising the right side of Ursus spelaeus lower jaw with three molars and canine (repaired). 304 grams, 20.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. -
Natural History - Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of various shapes and sizes. 227 grams total, 30-58 mm
From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
