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LOT 2178
Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
UPPER PALAEOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (254 grams, 85 mm).
From Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Plaque
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
On a matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. 1.07 kg, 21.3 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Natural Free Formed Haematite Mineral Boulder
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Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising sections of ribs, leg and other bones from Bison priscus. 1.98 kg total, 9-30.3 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
