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LOT 2526
Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS-EOCENE PERIOD, 70-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 - 1 1/8 in. (940 grams total, 3-31 mm).
Comprising specimens of different sizes, including examples retaining some or most of the root, enamel and/or serration. [Approximately 1600, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2526
Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Large Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
From Carcharocles megalodon showing sharp serrations. 230 grams, 10.4 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Turtle Coprolite Group
Eocene Period, circa 40 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a pair of coprolites. 290 grams total, 74-79 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Fossil Clavilithes Gastropod
Eocene Period, circa 40 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Clavilithes macrospira; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. 180 grams, 13 cm
From Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, UK. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.