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LOT 2393
Natural History - Insect in Polished Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 in. (1.2 grams, 23 mm).
A polished irregular piece of amber with a large insect inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth. 41 grams total, 37-56 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Insect Paper Weight Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three rectangular resin blocks featuring a scorpion, an iridescent beetle, and a spider. 247 grams total, 73 x 40 mm each
Acquired from Newark Fossil and Gem Fair, circa 2012. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
