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LOT 0383
Natural History - Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Skull
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
37 1/2 in. (30 in.) (26.45 kg total, 95 cm wide (76 cm high including stand)).
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw teeth and throat teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand.
ProvenancePreviously in a French collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Partial Jaw with Teeth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A lower jaw section displaying two large teeth from the Mosasaur prognathodon sp. 136 grams, 88 mm
Found in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
On a rectangular matrix. 292 grams, 15.7 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
Seasonally some 58 million years ago, in the Green River region of Wyoming, torrential rains fell in the mountains. They flowed down the mountain sides, forming wide shallow lakes in the valley below. During the dry season, these lakes would dry up due to evaporation (as happens in certain parts of Africa today). Millions of fish died in this short period of time. This climatic cycle happened over a 20-thousand-year period. Layer upon layer of mud entombed all these fish. At a much later date, volcanic activity uplifted this area to expose the fossils. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a large number of Dactylioceras tenuicostatum in various sizes. 680 grams, 16 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
