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LOT 2437
Natural History - Turquoise Blue Coloured Crystal Nodule
4 - 4 1/2 in. (1.3 kg total, 10.1-11.5 cm).
Comprising two halves with enhanced coloured crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2437
Natural History - Turquoise Blue Coloured Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Partial Jaw with Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A partial jaw with four teeth from Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus, formerly assigned to the genus Globidens. 92 grams, 10.9 cm
From the phosphate deposits in the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Freestanding white ammonite with cut base. 6 kg, 23 cm high
From Agadir, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Bone and Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three sandstone matrices with Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. teeth and bone fragments, including fossil fish and other remains. 419 grams total, 64-92 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young. The Mosasaur is an extinct, large dinosaur-like marine reptile 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.
