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LOT 2453
Natural History - Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 - 1 1/8 in. (13 grams total, 23-29 mm).
Comprising five Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth; three repaired. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Tegana Formation, Taouz, Morocco.
From an old German paleontological collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, Turtles and large fish.
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LOT 2453
Natural History - Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence. 124 grams total, 77-81 mm
From Madagascar. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill. -
Natural History - Mioplosus Fossil Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The Mioplosus labracoides fish in a rectangular matrix. 837 grams, 16.5 cm
From Warfield's Quarry, Kemmerer, Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ophiura sp. on an irregular matrix; repaired. 283 grams total, 12 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
