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LOT 2297
Natural History - British Fossil Collection
CARBONIFEROUS-CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 305-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/4 - 4 1/8 in. (1.2 kg total, 2-10.5 cm).
Comprising a mixed group of eight fossils in eight card trays, different species and types including: Rugose Coral from Toddington, Derbyshire; Parinoceramus ventricosus and Aegoceras sp. ammonite from Blockley in Gloucestershire; Hysteroceras sp. ammonites from the foreshore at Folkestone, Kent; Dactylioceras commune from Staithes, Yorkshire; Hildoceras bifrons from near Eype, Dorset; and Dactylioceras sp. ammonite from Seavington St. Michael, Dorset. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom various sites in the UK.
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Huge Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. 626 grams, 15.8 cm (along edge)
Ex Fossils UK. From the private collection of a Lancashire 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. -
Natural History - Large Polished 'Puddlestone'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With two lightly polished and laquered cut faces showing the internal structure of the specimen, approximately 50 mm thick. 3.56 kg, 24.6 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With some serration and good enamel, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 7.38 grams, 37 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
