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LOT 2199
Natural History - Meyeria Lobster Fossil Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 66-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (91 grams total, 65-69 mm).
Comprising two Meyeria magna lobster partials. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atherfield clay, Atherfield, Isle of Wight, UK.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
The nodule split to reveal the rich quartz crystal deposits within. 60 grams total, 40-41 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Deltadromeus Dinosaur Fossil Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a clavicle bone section and a front leg bone section from Deltadromeus agilis. 295 grams total, 86-90 mm
From Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus had extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur was an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
Natural History - Historic Cristobalite Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The white crystals on haematite and quartz. 157 grams, 84 mm
From Mexico. Collected in person in 1970. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
