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LOT 2348
Polished Fossil Tree Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (437 grams, 15.7 cm).
Agatized slice showing attractive patterns, polished on both sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Prionolepis Fish
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Fossil Iguanadon Dinosaur Vertebra
Early Cretaceous Period, circa 126-122 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Caudal vertebra with an elongated body. 880 grams, 94 mm
From Wealden, Bedfordshire, 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.
Iguanadon was a large herbivore with a distinctive thumb-spike and long prehensile fifth fingers that helped with foraging for food. It was the second dinosaur to be formally named based on fossil specimens, and was one of the three genera originally used to define dinosauria.
