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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 - Woolly Mammoth Bone Fragment on Stand
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a section of Mammuthus primigenius humerus bone; mounted on a custom-made display stand with an information ticket. 1.22 kg total, 24 cm high including stand
From the North Sea. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Plate
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Comprising fourteen teeth, one with only a tip visible, and various jaw fragments set on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 9.75 kg, 47.5 cm
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. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a large Otodus obliquus tooth; supplied in a display frame. 28.3 grams, 60 mm (64 grams total, 13 cm high including case)
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.