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LOT 2538
Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
UPPER PALAEOCENE, THANETIAN STAGE, CIRCA 56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (174 grams, 77 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 - Fossil Shrimps in Matrices
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A pair of rectangular sedimentary matrices, each containing a fossil shrimp. 139 grams total, 56-71 mm
From Lebanon. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil March Fly Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three shale matrices, each containing Pleciapealei sp. fossil march flies. 525 grams total, 7.5-12 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising three Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth and various fish bone fragments on a sandstone matrices. 336 grams total, 78-89 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
