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LOT 2307
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (199 grams, 89 mm).
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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LOT 2307
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Natural History - Large British Hildoceras Fossil Ammonite Display
Jurassic Period, Toarcian, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Showing a Hildoceras bifrons fossil ammonite specimen in a free-standing matrix. 1.8 kg, 15.5 cm
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Bone and Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three sandstone matrices with Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. teeth and bone fragments, including fossil fish and other remains. 419 grams total, 64-92 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young. The Mosasaur is an extinct, large dinosaur-like marine reptile 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. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a large number of Dactylioceras tenuicostatum in various sizes. 680 grams, 16 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
