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LOT 2572
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Plate
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 3/8 in. (1.58 kg, 21.3 cm).
An irregular display with polished Orthoceras specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Extinct Crocodile Skull
Palaeocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
The upper part of a fossil Argochampsa krebsi crocodile skull on a sandy matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 4.94 kg, 45 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Argochampsa or 'Argo crocodile' is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodilian, related to modern gharials. It lived in the Paleocene of Morocco. Described by Hua and Jouve in 2004, the type species is A. krebsi. Argochampsa had a long narrow snout, and apparently marine in its behaviour. -
Fossil Perisphinctes Ammonite
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Perisphinctids indogermanus fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing. 136 grams, 84 mm
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Boxed Quality Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
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Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.