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LOT 2492
Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (87 grams, 77 mm).
From Carcharocles megalodon showing some good enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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Mioplosus Fossil Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
An extinct genus of percid fish showing good detail to the body and fins. 592 grams, 16.8 cm
From the Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VP254; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Green River Fossil Priscacara Fish
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Priscacara liops fish in rectangular matrix, showing good detail especially to the fins. 433 grams, 220 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene Lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
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Pink Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The nodule split in half to expose the crystal filled cavity with dyed pink crystals. 127 grams total, 53 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
