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LOT 2532
Polished Fossil Bivalve Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 160 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 3 in. (298 grams total, 69-76 mm).
Comprising two complete polished bivalves. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morondava River Basin, Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Southwest Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bowl
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A shallow bowl carved from fossiliferous stone, showing a section of a large Orthoceras sp. specimen. 218 grams, 12 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 113-100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. 197 grams, 94 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Claudiosaurus Skeleton
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 252-250 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Showing the acephalic skeleton of the extinct genus of diapsid reptile, on a rounded matrix. 4.34 kg, 28.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Claudiosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. It is theorised that this was a semi-aquatic, lizard-like dinosaur.
