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LOT 2360
Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Tooth
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (221 grams, 11.2 cm).
From an extinct genus of world's largest shark, displaying some good enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Hybodus Shark Fin Spine Group
Lower Cretaceous Period, circa 95 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three specimens. 57 grams total, 7.9-12.7 cm
From the Kem Kem Basin, Eastern Morocco, North Africa. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Of three teeth from Prognathodon sp., mosasaur specialised in eating tough shelled prey. 26.3 grams total, 30-41 mm
UK collection since the 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - White Pecopteris Fossil Fern Group
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Contained in a matrix with specimens to both sides. 1.34 kg total, 20-21 cm
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
These fern fossils commonly found in coal-mining areas worldwide. However, the St. Clair ferns are treasured for their rarity and beauty, a result of the fossilised ferns gaining a coating of the mineral pyrophyllite which contrasts with the natural black shale matrix.
