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LOT 2367
Natural History - Huge Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Section
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 3/4 in. (19.2 kg, 35 cm).
Displaying attractive vertical banding in green, red and black. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2367
Natural History - Huge Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Natural History - Fossil Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-95 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
From the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens, with good enamel and serrations. 3.73 grams, 37 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1980s. Old Bristol, UK, collection.
Bahariasaurus ingens was a mid-sized carnivore, and the teeth are different from Carcharodontosaurus in being thinner but having a thicker more triangular X-section. -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A vertebra with neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. 247 grams, 87 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
Natural History - Oxynotum Zone Fossil Cluster
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The matrix set with a montage of ammonites, bivalves and a belemnite. 119 grams, 10 cm
From Tuffley, Gloucestershire, UK. From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection.
