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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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Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Comprising the right side of Ursus spelaeus lower jaw with three molars and canine (repaired). 304 grams, 20.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
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. -
Natural History - Fossil Morroccanites Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A Morocconites malladoides specimen displaying the characteristic upcurved, frontal medial spine. 152 grams, 69 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Morocconites malladoides is thought to have been a epifaunal detritivore. -
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Egg Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising twenty mineral specimens polished to small eggs, including rose quartz, red jasper, moss agate, agate, dalmatian jasper, and others. 449 grams total, 26-29 mm
Acquired within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.