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LOT 2512
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (316 grams, 11.5 cm).
A superbly polished Cleoniceras sp. ammonite showing the suture patterns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
The elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century.