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LOT 2268
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonoid
EARLY PERMIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 280-225 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (832 grams, 11 cm).
Metalegoceras sundiacum with polished surfaces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Maubisse Formation, Timor, Indonesia.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Mammoth Tusk Section
Pleistocene Age, circa 40.000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
From Mammoth primigenius, with some attractive patterning. 93 grams, 22.5 cm
From an old Bristol collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.4 kg, 31.2 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - Stony Iron Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a large irregular mass. 60 grams, 50 mm
From Morocco, Sahara Desert. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
