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LOT 2370
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 - 4 1/4 in. (333 grams total, 4-11 cm).
Comprising two polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; an ammonite; a matrix with partial fern fossils; and two others. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
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Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
From the left side of Ursus spelaeuslower jaw, displaying a canine (repaired) and three molars. 312 grams, 20.3 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. -
Natural History - Lyme Regis Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic, Sinemurian Stage, circa 199-192 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising an irregular matrix with a Promicroceras planicosta fossil ammonite and negative impressions of other ammonites. 214 grams, 97 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Group
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three rounded matrices, each with a single Knightia alta specimen. 142 grams total, 73-75 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
