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LOT 2517
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (1.1 kg, 16 cm).
Comprising six teeth set on a sandstone matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Argochampsa Fossil Crocodile Skull
Paleocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
The upper part of Argochampsa krebsi on a sandy matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 4.9 kg, 45 cm
Fine condition.
From Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection.
Argochampsa or 'Argo crocodile' is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodilian, related to modern gharials. It lived in the Paleocene Period in Morocco. Described by Hua and Jouve in 2004, the type species is A. krebsi. Argochampsa and had a long narrow snout, and apparently marine in its behaviour. -
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Pair
Miocene-Pliocene Period, 23-3.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying some serrations and tooth enamel, from the Carcharocles megalodon shark. 61 grams total, 51-57 mm
From Florida, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish on Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two fish on a rectangular matrix. 869 grams, 22.3 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
