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LOT 2455
Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark's Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 5.6 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (105 grams, 90 mm).
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
FootnotesCarcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the 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.
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The Tooth of a North American Tyrannosaurus-Rex from Montana
Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous, circa 67-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
A well-preserved large tooth with knife-like serrations on two edges, designed to slice through flesh and bone, displaying beautiful dark brown patina. 53 grams total, tooth: 54 mm, 12.5 cm including stand
Found in the Hells Creek Formation, Montana, USA. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
The most famous and iconic of all dinosaur species, the Tyrannosaurus rex, was first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905 from a skeleton found in 1902, from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. An adult Tyrannosaurus would have weighed almost nine tonnes, standing over 4 meters tall at the hip and exceeding 13 meters in length. It is no wonder this theropod was the top predator of the Late Cretaceous, and amongst the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth before their mass extinction. The present tooth offers an incredible insight into how these ferocious creatures lived, characterised by its unique curved and serrated shape, which was specifically adapted to help the dinosaur tear through hides and flesh, with the curvature allowing maximum force to be applied as it tore into its prey. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Minerals and Crystals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mixed group of specimens including malachite, 'desert rose', quartz, rose quartz, amethyst, pyrite, agate, and others. 2.96 kg total, 3.4-20.2 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mixed India and USA Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: chalcanthite from Planet Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; apophylite from Pune, Maharashtra, India; stilbite from Jalgaon District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India; pyrite from Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, USA; heulandite from India. 355 grams total, 3.7-10.3 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
