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LOT 2461
Natural History - Rare Declivitous Titan Fossil Trilobite
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485.4-477.7.8 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (250 grams, 13 cm).
Horseshoe-shaped body with a broad cephalon rim and genal spines that overhang the rest of the body; some restoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2461
Natural History - Rare Declivitous Titan Fossil Trilobite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Natural History - Historic 'Gilgit, Himalayas' Spessartite Garnet on Black Tourmaline Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Consisting of a reddish spessartite crystal on a black tourmaline on a white matrix, with a sprinkling of some smaller garnet crystals; purchased for £38.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 11.8 grams, 24 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Diosaurus Skull on Composite Matrix
Paleocene Epoch, 66-56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. 6.78 kg, 52.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Composite Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Jaw Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising a pair of Mosasaur prognathodon jaw section, each with three teeth. 1.16 kg, 19 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
