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LOT 2296
Natural History - Polished Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Nodule
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, 182-174 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (223 grams, 69 mm).
A polished and opened nodule with a Dactylioceras commune sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2296
Natural History - Polished Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Large Fossil Cambropallas Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
On a textured matrix, the Cambropallas sp. showing some good detail to the segmented body. 1.97 kg, 26 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a large Otodus obliquus tooth; supplied in a display frame. 28.3 grams, 60 mm (64 grams total, 13 cm high including case)
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Natural History - Large British Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Leg Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.58 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three leg bones (radius, tibia) from Coelodonta antiquitatis. 5.65 kg total, 37-40 cm
Found Oxfordshire, UK, clay pits. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
The woolly rhinoceros inhabited northern Eurasia and mostly fed on grasses and sedges that grew in the mammoth steppe. An adult typically stood at 1.45-1.6 metres high with a large front horn that would have measured 1-1.35 metres long.
