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LOT 0396
Natural History - Massive Crinoid Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
68 1/8 in. (90.5 kg, 1.73 m).
An impressive display containing multiple intact Scyphocrinus elegans specimens showing detailed crowns and stalks.
ProvenanceFrom Erfoud, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Crinoids are filter feeding sea animals, which attach themselves to the bottom of the ocean with a stalk. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars. Today they are referred to as ‘Sea Lilies’, and are virtually identical to their fossil relatives, making them living fossils.
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Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Jaw
Devensian Period, circa 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A well-preserved lower jaw section from Coelodonta antiquitatis with four molars. 3 kg, 52 cm
From the Northamptonshire, UK, collection of J. Shaul. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
The form of the woolly rhino’s skull and teeth had evolved to support its grazing lifestyle with its head dipped downwards towards the ground, even in its relaxed attitude. The skull is unusual in having both an extensively ossified nasal septum, probably evolved as a result of the heavy pressure on the horn and face when grazing, and a down-turned anterior region on the premaxilla that contacts the edge of the upper jaw. The shoulders were raised with a powerful hump, used to support the animal's massive front horn and also used for storing fat. -
Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Right Jaw Tooth Set
Ice Age, 50,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Group of six teeth from the jaw of a woolly rhinoceros, rare as from the same animal. 703 grams total, 5.7-11 cm
From Yakutsk, Perma Frost Region, Siberia. Acquired from an old Dutch collection. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Natural History - Large Polished Copal Amber with Termites
Over 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Polished to a teardrop-shape with a large number of termite inclusions. 41 grams, 75 mm
From Brazil. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
