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LOT 2193
Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
UPPER PALAEOCENE, THANETIAN STAGE, CIRCA 56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (234 grams, 79 mm).
From Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
Upper Palaeocene, Thanetian Stage, circa 56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
From Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark). 174 grams, 77 mm
From the Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcia Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of Dactylioceras sp. and other fossils in an irregular shale matrix. 790 grams, 15.5 cm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a turtle coprolite (fossilised turtle excrement). 183 grams, 79 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
