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LOT 2488
Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-439 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (211 grams, 77 mm).
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail to the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Showing attractive agatized patterns and some crystallisation. 2.31 kg total, 23-26 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Whitby Ammonite Fossil Nodule
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A rounded pebble containing a Dactylioceras tenuicostatum specimen. 330 grams total, 74-76 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with some serrations and good polished tooth enamel. 76 grams, 94 mm
Found Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Ex The Fossil Exchange. From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. Accompanied by a Fossil Exchange information card.
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.
