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LOT 2436
Natural History - Purple Coloured Crystal Nodule
4 - 4 1/8 in. (770 grams total, 10.1-10.5 cm).
Comprising two halves with enhanced coloured crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Ordovician Age, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. on irregular matrices. 330 grams total, 75-95 mm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco. From an old German collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
The Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 1.48 kg, 29 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family. They went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic- Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - Polished Ammonite Coaster Group
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising three composites of various sized ammonites with polished upper surface. 224 grams total, 81-82 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
