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LOT 2456
Polished Fossil Tree Chunk
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250-200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (1.01 kg, 11.5 cm).
A freestanding cut and polished section of fossilised tree showing attractive banding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Irish Elk Jaw Section
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Comprising two molars on a section of jaw, from Cervus megaloceros; accompanied by a custom-made display stand, conserved. 161 grams total, jaw: 95 mm long
From the North Sea. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.C45; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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Fossil Mosasaur Jaw on Composite Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
