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LOT 2385
Natural History - Mixed Seashell Collection
7/8 - 5 1/8 in. (1.07 kg total, 2.2-13 cm).
Comprising a large group of attractive seashells in a variety of colours and types, including spiral and spiky specimens. [90, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Natural History - Fossil Leonaspis Trilobite on Matrix
Middle Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A Kettneraspis (Leonaspis) Williamsi displaying trailing spines, characteristic of this species; supplied with a general information card. 110 grams, 62 mm
From Hamar L'Aghdad Limestones, Djebel Issoumour area, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Massive Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
From Spinosaurs maroccanus with partial root; repaired. 124 grams, 13.3 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Fossil Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A mixed group comprising: fossil shells on a matrix from England; a partial fish vertebra from England; a large carnelian specimen from Brazil; a matrix with Myophorella clavellata and a Thracia depressa from England; a bivalve from England; a scallop from England; a pyritized ammonite from Peterborough, England; a bivalve; Nummulites elegans specimens in an old specimen box with collection no.E104. 1.12 kg total, 34-95 mm
Acquired from various sources within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
