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LOT 2394
Natural History - Extinct Otodus Shark Teeth Display
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (1 kg, 13.9 cm).
The five teeth set on an irregular stone matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2394
Natural History - Extinct Otodus Shark Teeth Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Tiger's Eye Pendant Designer Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Featuring quartz or agate beads, biconical glass beads and oval tiger's eye beads, with a facetted tear-shaped tiger's eye pendant bead. 36 grams total, 42 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Ordovician Age, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. on irregular matrices. 330 grams total, 75-95 mm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco. From an old German collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
On a rectangular matrix. 292 grams, 15.7 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
Seasonally some 58 million years ago, in the Green River region of Wyoming, torrential rains fell in the mountains. They flowed down the mountain sides, forming wide shallow lakes in the valley below. During the dry season, these lakes would dry up due to evaporation (as happens in certain parts of Africa today). Millions of fish died in this short period of time. This climatic cycle happened over a 20-thousand-year period. Layer upon layer of mud entombed all these fish. At a much later date, volcanic activity uplifted this area to expose the fossils.
