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LOT 2654
Natural History - Large Cut Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 1/4 in. (1.41 kg, 26 cm).
Showing bark detail on the edges, the cut faces showing attractive agatized patterns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2654
Natural History - Large Cut Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antennae; on a matrix. 170 grams, 70 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish Group
Eocene Period, circa 58-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising three rounded matrices, one with two complete Knightia alta specimens, one with a single, and one with two partial specimens. 150 grams total, 73-84 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Promicroceras planicosta with iron stained surface giving a beautiful contrast in colour, from the Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone. 42.53 grams, 67 mm
From Queen Camel, Somerset, UK, in 2008. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page with reference no.AMM7149.
