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LOT 2406
Natural History - Fossil Sea Urchin Pair
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 38 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 3 in. (317 grams total, 66-75 mm).
Comprising two Eupatagus antillarum specimens. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Ocala Limestone Formation, Ingels, Florida, USA.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 165 grams, 60 cm long
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising four eggshell sections from Aepyornis. 49.2 grams total, 47-61 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
The elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century. -
Natural History - Fossil Shark Vertebrae and Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth Group
Jurassic-Pliocene Period, circa 190-2.5 million years B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a lamnoid-type vertebra with visible septa, the Otodus megalodon tooth with some good enamel and partial serrations. 72.5 grams total, 29-68 mm
From North Carolina, U.S.A. The tooth ex Little Gems Rock Shop, Norfolk, U.K. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a Little Gems Rock Shop card with handwritten identification for the Megalodon tooth.
