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LOT 2443
Fossil Knightia Alta Fish
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (55 grams, 89 mm).
On a rounded matrix with a faint partial fossil of another specimen to the matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display Stand
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a Goniatite sp. and an Orthoceras sp. set on a textured freestanding matrix. 830 grams, 15.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 170 grams, 60 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark's Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying some good enamel. 116 grams, 91 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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.
