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LOT 2512
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS-EOCENE PERIOD, 70-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/8 - 1 in. (940 grams total, 7-27 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 2512
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Tusk Section
Pleistocene Age, circa 40.000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Displaying some attractive patterning. 126 grams, 19 cm
From the North Sea. From an old Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Sand Dollar on Rock
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
The large specimen on a sandstone matrix. 363 grams, 12.9 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Teeth
Cretaceous Period, Aptian Stage, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising a pair of Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth, one repaired. 43 grams total, 61-67 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.