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LOT 2335
Natural History - Double Fossil Shrimp Plate
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (183 grams, 91 mm).
A rectangular matrix with a pair of fossil shrimps and a partial fossil to the side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Huge Sliced Section of Fossilised 'Rainbow' Wood
235 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Petrified tree section of 40-46mm thickness with finely polished finish to upper and lower faces and set into resin; edges slightly chamfered. 26.2 kg, 68 cm
From the private collection of Mr J.G., UK, a company executive.
The petrified wood from Araucarioxylon arizonicum is often referred to as "rainbow wood" due to the variety of subtle, warm colours it exhibits, mainly in the red-orange range from hematite and limonite inclusions within the silica. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Of exceptional quality, showing some serrations to the edges. 274 grams, 13.3 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, 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. -
Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite
Lower Jurassic, Pliensbachian Stage, Green Ammonite Beds, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
An Androgynoceras lataecosta showing good detail; supplied in a cardboard tray with information label. 186 grams, 83 mm
Found Lower Lias, Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
