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LOT 2402
Natural History - Large Whitby Dactylioceras Ammonite Fossil
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (772 grams, 11.8 cm).
Comprising Dactylioceras tenuicostatum positive in a nodule. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2402
Natural History - Large Whitby Dactylioceras Ammonite Fossil
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including at least one fly; with a polished body. 3.6 grams, 24 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Jaw Fragment
Late Cretaceous Period, 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A section of a jaw with two Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus teeth. 63 grams, 76 mm
From the Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco, North Africa. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
Most Mosasaurs had sharp teeth that had evolved to grab slippery prey such as fish. Igdamanosaurus had semi-spherical teeth with rounded points, which were better suited for crushing tough-armoured prey such as turtles, ammonites, nautili, and bivalves. -
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising seven pieces containing insects together with other inclusions. 1.96 grams total, 9-17 mm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
