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LOT 2367
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (4.56 grams total, 13-21 mm).
Comprising six pieces containing insects together with other inclusions. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising six pieces containing insects together with other inclusions. 4.56 grams total, 13-21 mm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Dragonfly Larvae
Miocene Period, 16 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
On amorphous matrix containing Libellula doris specimens. 85 grams total, 90 x 90 mm including case
From Piedmont, Italy. Acquired 1980s. From an old Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Leonaspis Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Showing the odontopleurid trilobite specimen on an irregular matrix; repaired. 180 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar L'Aghdad limestones, Djebel Issomour area, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
