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LOT 2459
Natural History - Polished Goniatite 'Button' Pair
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (424 grams total, 10.7-11.6 cm).
Each specimen showing the internal gas chambers. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Bookend Pair
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising a pair of polished fossiliferous matrices set with a polished Goniatite ammonite. 3.4 kg total, 15 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
