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LOT 2469
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
26 3/4 in. (93 grams, 68 cm long).
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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LOT 2469
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With root, each tooth set in composite rock matrix. 1.3 kg total, 13.4-13.7 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Argochampsa Fossil Crocodile Skull
Paleocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
The upper part of Argochampsa krebsi on a sandy matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 4.9 kg, 45 cm
Fine condition.
From Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection.
Argochampsa or 'Argo crocodile' is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodilian, related to modern gharials. It lived in the Paleocene Period in Morocco. Described by Hua and Jouve in 2004, the type species is A. krebsi. Argochampsa and had a long narrow snout, and apparently marine in its behaviour. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Of three teeth from Prognathodon sp., mosasaur specialised in eating tough shelled prey. 29.2 grams, 32-39 mm
UK collection since the 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
