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LOT 2501
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Fossil Book End Pair
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 in. (3.5 kg total, 15.3 cm high).
Each polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2501
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Fossil Book End Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - British Fossil Collection
Carboniferous-Cretaceous Period, circa 305-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a mixed group of eight fossils in eight card trays, different species and types including: Rugose Coral from Toddington, Derbyshire; Parinoceramus ventricosus and Aegoceras sp. ammonite from Blockley in Gloucestershire; Hysteroceras sp. ammonites from the foreshore at Folkestone, Kent; Dactylioceras commune from Staithes, Yorkshire; Hildoceras bifrons from near Eype, Dorset; and Dactylioceras sp. ammonite from Seavington St. Michael, Dorset. 1.2 kg total, 2-10.5 cm
From various sites in the UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising five polished Orthoceras sp. specimens. 80 grams total, 44-49 mm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossilised Wood Slice
Late Triassic Period, circa 225 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With two cut and polished faces. 344 grams, 13.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
