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LOT 2444
Natural History - Large Crinoid Fossil Display Plate
SILURIAN PERIOD, 443-416 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 3/4 in. (5.6 kg, 35 cm).
Presenting a large Scyphocrinus elegans crinoid, in an amorphous sheet matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
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Natural History - Meteorite Dust from NWA Meteorites in Display Vial
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The sandy coloured dust held in a small glass vial with screw-cap. 4.6 grams total, 24 mm
From the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Plate
Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The medium sized Goniatite sp. set on a textured matrix and polished to show internal gas chambers. 1.24 kg, 21 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 3.95 kg, 34 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
