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LOT 2252
Natural History - Knightia Multi Fossil Fish Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (72 grams, 11 cm).
A round matrix with a pair of Knightia alta fossil fish. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Group
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two nodule halves with a Dactylioceras tenuicostatum (left) and a Dactyliocera scommune sp. (right). 408 grams total, 66-85 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
Mainly Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
An interesting group of fossils comprising: three polished heart-shaped coral fossils and one polished to a round shape; a pair of polished goniatites with applied suspension loops; various ammonites, some polished; a polished orthoceras; various trilobite fossils, and others. 1.3 kg total, 1.7-12.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras 'Rocket'
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
The extinct nautiloid cephalopod polished to reveal the internal gas chambers; the extremely long body set on a textured freestanding matrix. 30.4 kg, 102 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
