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LOT 2269
Natural History - Large Fossil Brittle Star
MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (698 grams, 15.5 cm).
Ophiuroidea sp. specimen on irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
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Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Claudiosaurus Skeleton
Late Permian-early Triassic Period, circa 252-250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
On a rounded matrix. 8.85 kg, 32.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antenna; on a matrix. 158 grams, 63 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
