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LOT 2221
Natural History - Two Glass Display Bases
5 3/4 in. (3.36 kg total, 14.8 cm each).
Formed of thick glass with rounded corners, one labelled as 'Sample 1', the other as 'Sample 2'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
From Spinosaurus maroccanus displaying good enamel with some sedimentary rock still present. 32.6 grams, 61 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Charmouth Fossils, Dorset, UK, circa 2010. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. Accompanied by an illustrated catalogue printout. -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A vertebra with neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. 247 grams, 87 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Coaster Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
With brown and black banding, each felt backed. 412 grams total, 7.7-10.9 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).