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LOT 2335
Natural History - Stony Iron Meteorite
2 1/8 in. (86 grams, 53 mm).
Comprising a large irregular mass. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, Sahara Desert.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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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. -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-rex' Dinosaur Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With visible serration, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 20 grams, 83 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. -
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Plate
Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The medium sized Goniatite sp. set on a textured matrix and polished to show internal gas chambers. 1.24 kg, 21 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
