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LOT 2236
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras on Rock
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (831 grams, 17 cm).
Showing two central polished Orthoceras specimens showing internal chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
From Spinosaurs maroccanus with partial root; repaired. 124 grams, 13.3 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Eocene Period, 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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