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LOT 2538
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Teeth on Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (1.44 kg, 17 cm).
A composite matrix set with five Mosasaur prognathodon teeth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, West Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
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LOT 2538
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Teeth on Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and good polished tooth enamel. 114 grams, 98 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. -
Mount Vesuvius Volcano 'Lava Bomb' Fragment Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Fragments from a freeform cooled molten rock. 55 grams total, 25-33 mm
From Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.) -
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Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Collection [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising ten variously shaped geode halves, each with an exposed internal cavity. 1.07 kg total, 49-80 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
