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LOT 2382
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS-EOCENE PERIOD, 70-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (940 grams total, 3-41 mm).
Comprising specimens of different sizes, including examples retaining some or most of the root, enamel and/or serration. [Approximately 1600, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2382
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £69
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Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish Group
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three specimens on roughly oval matrices. 99 grams total, 78-87 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
With good enamel; on a sandstone matrix. 455 grams, 10.9 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising four sections of Aepyornis eggs. 50 grams total, 35-68 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
