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LOT 2065
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (156 grams, 74 mm wide).
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2065
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Natural History - Oxynotum Zone Fossil Cluster
Jurassic Period, circa 170 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The matrix set with a montage of ammonites, bivalves and a belemnite. 66 grams, 50 mm
From Tuffley, Gloucestershire, UK. From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Elrathia Kingii Trilobite Group
Cambrian Period, circa 541-485 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a pair of matrices, each with a single Elrathia kingii specimen, one also with a partial negative impression of another fossil trilobite. 75 grams total, 76-77 mm
From Utah, U.S.A. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Age, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
From the right side of Ursus spelaeus lower jaw, displaying a canine and four other teeth. 424 grams, 24.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.
