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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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From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Ophiuroidea sp. specimen on irregular matrix. 403 grams, 14.2 cm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Eel in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Showing details of the skull and eye-socket, lateral fins and tail; repaired. 1.23 kg, 21.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
