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LOT 1941
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Jaw Section
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (68.6 grams, 70 mm).
A fossilised lower jaw section displaying two teeth from Prognathodon sp., a mosasaur specialised in eating tough shelled prey. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Vertebra
Pleistocene Period, circa 40.000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A large woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis vertebra. 564 grams, 16 cm
From Brown Bank, off Lowestoft, UK. Acquired before 1960. From an old Norwich, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur egg on a matrix retaining evidence of the original leathery surface. 3.9 kg, 16 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of Cretaceous Age. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs. -
Natural History - Caledonia Mine Native Copper Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A group of 13 Caledonia mine native copper specimens, each mounted on foam and held in a white card collector's tray accompanied by an identification label; accompanied by typed labels reading 'Michigan copper ore. Calumet and Helca conglomerate centennial #6 mine Houghton Co., Michigan.' 209 grams total, 41 mm each including box
From Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
