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LOT 2753
Plesiosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Vertebrae Pair
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 7/8 in. (1.07 kg total, 96-97 mm).
Comprising two vertebrae retaining the majority of the body of the vertebra. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Germany.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
See O’Keefe, F.R., The evolution of plesiosaur and pliosaur morphotypes in the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), 2002, Paleobiology, 28: 101-112.
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Odessa Fall Meteorite
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A nickel-iron meteorite fragment, set in a cardboard sleeve. 2.22 grams total, 14 mm
From Odessa, Texas, USA. Acquired from Rod White, UK, 2001. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
The Odessa Meteor Crater, southwest of Odessa, Texas, is approximately 5 metres deep and 170 metres in diameter, with its rim rising less than a meter above the surrounding area, with the original crater that formed approximately 20,000 years ago was determined to be much larger.
