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LOT 0402
Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Right Jaw Tooth Set
ICE AGE, 50,000-20,000 YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 4 3/8 in. (703 grams total, 5.7-11 cm).
Group of six teeth from the jaw of a woolly rhinoceros, rare as from the same animal. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Yakutsk, Perma Frost Region, Siberia.
Acquired from an old Dutch collection.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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LOT 0402
Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Right Jaw Tooth Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The rectangular matrix with a fossil shrimp and faint remains of a fish showing the spine and head. 172 grams, 90 mm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth and Fish Bones
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
The matrix containing a single Mosasaur prognathodon tooth and several fossilised fish bones. 139 grams, 83 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
From the left side of Ursus spelaeuslower jaw, displaying a canine (repaired) and three molars. 312 grams, 20.3 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.
