-
Fossil Petraster Starfish
Ordovician Period, circa 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A complete Petraster sp. specimen on an irregular matrix. 248 grams, 99 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung using mainly tabular, facetted and domed beads, interspersed with small oblate glass beads. 43 grams, 42.5 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Cretaceous-Eocene Period, 70-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising specimens of different sizes, including examples retaining some or most of the root, enamel and/or serration. 940 grams total, 3-31 mm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Fossil Shrimps in Matrix Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising two matrices, each with a pair of Carpopenaeus sp. specimens. 434 grams total, 11.1-12.5 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Coral Head
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A large domed structure with polished upper face. 380 grams, 100 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A large curved Mosasaur prognathodon tooth with root. 154 grams, 12 cm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M. -
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cut Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers. 98 grams total, 72 - 74 mm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark's Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
From Carcharocles megalodon showing serrations to both edges; repaired. 73 grams, 81 mm
From a Perthshire, collection, Scotland, UK.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. -
Polished Fossil Bivalve Group
Jurassic Period, circa 160 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two complete polished bivalves. 298 grams total, 69-76 mm
From Morondava River Basin, Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Southwest Madagascar. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising two teeth with partial roots; repaired. 31.6 grams total, 54-56 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Green River Knightia Fossil Fish Group
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising three Knightia alta fish on individual matrices. 140 grams, 72-90 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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 Ulinta, 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. -
Polished Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 176 grams, 56 cm long
From a London, UK, collection.