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LOT 2202
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (1.1 kg, 15.5 cm).
Comprising five Otodus obliquus teeth set on an irregular sandstone matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With narrow brain-pan and prominent incisor and canine teeth; perhaps Australopithecus. 1.54 kg, 20.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Partial Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A partial Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. 268 grams, 13.5 cm
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
Carcharodon 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. -
Natural History - Pink Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The nodule split in half to expose the crystal filled cavity with enhanced pink crystals. 127 grams total, 53 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
