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LOT 2492
Natural History - Mastodon Fossil Tusk Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 in. (121 grams, 83 mm).
Featuring a later carved stylised face in relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Natural History - Large Ludwigia Fossil Ammonite
Middle Jurassic Period, 200-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Polished through the shell to reveal the dividing gas chambers of Ludwigia murchisonae. 1.27 kg, 18 cm
From Horn Park, Beaminster, Dorset, UK. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Argochampsa Fossil Crocodile Skull
Paleocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
The upper part of Argochampsa krebsi on a sandy matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 4.9 kg, 45 cm
Fine condition.
From Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection.
Argochampsa or 'Argo crocodile' is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodilian, related to modern gharials. It lived in the Paleocene Period in Morocco. Described by Hua and Jouve in 2004, the type species is A. krebsi. Argochampsa and had a long narrow snout, and apparently marine in its behaviour. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Part of the lower jaw displaying some Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. teeth. 123 grams, 10 cm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
