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LOT 2283
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (371 grams, 10.5 cm).
Polished to an irregular shaped with two domed faces, showing the internal structure of a coral head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth. 41 grams total, 37-56 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a section of freeform copal with two clear ant inclusions and other smaller inclusions. 24.7 grams, 12 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Enormous Two Metre Section of Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Spine
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
The spine section comprising sixteen large, perfectly lined dorsal vertebrae with transverse processes with another at each end lying flat, various other vertebrae and rib sections resting next to the spine; on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 60 kg, 1.79 m
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
