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LOT 2394
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P
1 3/4 - 1 7/8 in. (80 grams total, 44-49 mm).
Comprising five polished Orthoceras sp. specimens. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Agate Crystal Cut and Polished Slice Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Each in enhanced green colour with two polished faces; in a labelled bag. 399 grams total, 36-60 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a pair of Prognathodon sp. teeth with roots on an matrix. 863 grams total, 12-13 cm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Stand
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Set on a textured freestanding matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. 710 grams, 15.5 cm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
