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LOT 2690
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/2 in. (1.68 kg, 24.1 cm).
Comprising six bullet-shaped Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bowl
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A shallow bowl carved from fossiliferous stones containing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. 183 grams, 12 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Atreipus Foot Print of a Dinosaur
Triassic Period, circa 220 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
From a theropod, possibly Anchisauripus, showing the three toes. 555 grams, 14 cm
From Nell's Point, Barry Island, South Wales, UK. 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. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Bowl
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
An oval bowl carved from fossiliferous stone, set with a larger Goniatite sp. specimen. 502 grams, 17.6 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
