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NATURAL HISTORY - HISTORIC FOSSIL COLLECTION Eocene to Jurassic Period, 50-200 million years BP A fossil collection comprising: a gastropod Melanioptyxis altararis in limestone, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: '41. Great Oolite. Melanioptyxis altararis, Gloucs.', in old white card tray; a fossil ammonite of the species Phylloceras gorgonum from France, from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd collection, accompanied by a handwritten note reading: 'Phylloceras gorgoneum, (Font.), Kimmeridgean, Montague de Crussal, W. of Valence', in old white card tray; two fossil gastropods from the London clay, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd reference collection label reading: '79, London Clay, Vermiensis bognoriensis, Sussex', in old white card tray; fossil brachiopod Terebratula biplicata with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label reading: 'Red Chalk, Terebratula biplicata, Hunstanton', in old white card tray; a finely preserved brachiopod Rhynchonella tetrahedra, with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd reference specimen label reading: '30, Lias. Rhynchonella tetrahedra. Leicestershire', in old white card tray. 126 grams total including trays, 18-60mm (2 1/4"). Fine condition. [6, No Reserve] Provenance From a historic ‘Victorian Museum’ collection; from the stock of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (1981-2014); formerly with Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously with J. R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally in the collection of the famous James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). This item is part of a historic collection of fossils and minerals which has recently been reviewed by leading geological expert, Dr. Ronald Bonewitz.