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LOT 2280
Natural History - Polished Shell Necklace Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (75 grams total, 9-18 mm).
Comprising various shapes of polished shell segment beads; each pierced longitudinally for stringing. [40, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Natural History - Large Crinoid Fossil Display Plate
Silurian Period, 443-416 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Presenting a large Scyphocrinus elegans crinoid, in an amorphous sheet matrix. 5.6 kg, 35 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. -
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Natural History - Canis Teilhardi Wolf's Skull
Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene Period, circa 5.3 million-60,000 years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £525
A near complete example retaining many of the animal's teeth; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.73 kg total, 27.5 cm high including stand
From the private collection of a London gentleman. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising three specimens on limestone matrices. 163 grams total, 7.1-11 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
