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LOT 3192
Juvenile Majungasaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 70-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/2 in. (0.28 grams, 14 mm).
Majungasaurus crenatissimus with light brown enamel and featuring clear serrations on both curving edges, the serrations on the back edges being larger. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Gloucestershire, UK, fossil specialist.
From a West London gentleman collector.
Majungasaurus was the largest predator in its environment and the last non-avian dinosaur to go extinct during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, possibly specialising in hunting sauropods. It had a short snout, possibly very short forelimbs, and stocky hind legs; adults were around 7 meters long and weighed over 1 tonne.
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LOT 3192
Juvenile Majungasaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Multiple Otodus Extinct Shark Fossil Teeth Display
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With seven Otodus obliquus teeth mounted on a synthetic or matrix base. 3.73 kg, 19.5 cm wide
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Otodus Extinct Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large Otodus obliquus tooth set on a tongue-shaped matrix. 876 grams, 11.1 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Oviraptor Egg Pair
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 88-71 million years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Matrix containing the majority of two elongated Oviraptor philocerataops eggs, retaining their leathery surface. 4.82 kg, 24 cm
From the Nanxiong formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Oviraptor, or 'egg thief', was a small feathered bipedal theropod. Being omnivorous, it fed on plants, insects, eggs and fish. Famously mis-named upon its initial discovery in association with a nest of eggs in 1924, it is now accepted that the oviraptor was nesting, not raiding; palaeontologists have since discovered oviraptor in association with eggs containing fossil oviraptor embryos.
