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LOT 2503
Fossil Psychopyge Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 408-393 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (222 grams, 90 mm).
A lovely example of Psychopyge elegans showing the distinctive head spines and long nose.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Insects in Polished Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
A flat-section piece of polished amber with insect and other inclusions. 4.4 grams, 42 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Twin Tharrhias Fossil Fish in Matrix from Brazil
Early Cretaceous Period, circa 112 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Showing two overlapping Tharrhias Araripis specimens on a rounded matrix, the larger showing good scale detail. 1.7 kg, 19.5 cm
From N.E. Brazil. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
From Carcharocles megalodon showing some good enamel. 87 grams, 77 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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.
