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LOT 2240
Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Fossil Ammonite Group
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 in. (120 grams total, 45-46 mm).
Comprising three Douvilleiceras sp. (sometimes known as a goat horn) polished to reveal rich calcites and suture patterns. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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LOT 2240
Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Fossil Ammonite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 360 grams total, 11.3-11.5 cm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Fossil Column
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising six polished specimens on a textured matrix. 1.19 kg, 21 cm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-95 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
From the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens, with good enamel and serrations. 3.73 grams, 37 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1980s. Old Bristol, UK, collection.
Bahariasaurus ingens was a mid-sized carnivore, and the teeth are different from Carcharodontosaurus in being thinner but having a thicker more triangular X-section.
