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LOT 2505
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/2 in. (1.48 kg, 24.2 cm).
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Each set on a rounded composite matrix. 745 grams total, 10.4-12.1 cm
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Framed Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen
Carboniferous Period, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A bullet-shaped specimen showing the internal gas chambers; set in a box frame with an information label. 928 grams total, 32.7 x 24 cm including frame
From Morocco, North Africa. 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.
