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LOT 2540
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 - 2 5/8 in. (50 grams total, 35-68 mm).
Comprising four sections of Aepyornis eggs. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras Tower
Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising seven polished specimens. 2.1 kg, 28.8 cm high
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Partially polished to reveal some of the calcite preserved inside the dividing gas chambers of Cleoniceras sp. 289 grams, 11.7 cm
From Madagascar. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
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Natural History - Three-Dimensional Mosasaur Skull with Vertebrae
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Displaying the skull with at least 33 teeth surviving in the upper and lower jaw, many with remains of enamel, alongside the remains of at least 15 of the animal's vertebrae; a juvenile on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 19.7 kg, 62 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11722-197505.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
