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LOT 2405
Natural History - Petraster Fossil Starfish Group
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 - 4 7/8 in. (1.3 kg total, 9-12.5 cm).
Comprising three Petraster sp. specimens, each on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2405
Natural History - Petraster Fossil Starfish Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Medium 'Rusty' Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
Comprising good-seized chunks of rose quartz with ferrous mineral. 2.56 kg total, 53-93 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Leaf Group
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two matrices containing fossil leaves of the Salix sp. and a Betula sp. (birch) together with other partials. 137 grams total, 7.3-13 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), Uintah County, Utah, USA. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaur Dinosaur Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two teeth with partial roots; repaired. 33 grams total, 57-62 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
