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LOT 2270
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (330 grams, 94 mm).
With cut base, polished to show the structure of the fossilised coral. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2270
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Large Crinoid Fossil Display Plate
Silurian Period, 443-416 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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From Morocco, North Africa. -
Natural History - Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With some good enamel, from Bahariasaurus ingens. 5.93 grams, 42 mm
Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Megalomanicus Trilobites
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two Drotops megalomanicus trilobites on a matrix. 300 grams, 83 mm
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