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LOT 2270
Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (123 grams, 97 mm).
A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Carcharocles 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.
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Natural History - Campo del Cielo Meteorite Necklace
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a section of nickel-iron meteorite (IAB) set with a suspension loop and suspended from a cord necklace; supplied in a gift box. 27 grams total, meteorite: 30 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Shark Teeth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The assemblage set on a sandstone matrix comprising two shark teeth and a Mosasaur prognathodon tooth. 178 grams, 81 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - British Bison Fossil Leg Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.58 million-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising five leg bones, four with inked date. 2.05 kg total, 19-25.5 cm
Found Oxfordshire, UK, clay pits. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
