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LOT 2335
Polished Goniatite Fossil Triangular Lidded Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (557 grams, 12.8 cm).
Carved from a fossiliferous stone and the lid set with a goniatite specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Group of Thirty-Two [32] Cut Half Agate Geode and Blue Calcite Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Boxed group of cut agate geodes, most with crystal-lined cavities, and pale-blue calcite specimens. 1.85 kg total, 29-52 mm
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Fossil Knightia Fish Plate
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Showing two Knightia alta fish on a rectangular limestone matrix with a partial third fish. 1.14 kg total, 20.5 x 14.5 cm
From Wyoming, USA. From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah), in the Green River Formation, are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Uinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
