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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 - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. 28.8 grams, 56 mm
From Florida, USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
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Natural History - Pink Dolomite Crystal Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9
Comprising a number of specimens, some with marcasite inclusions. 866 grams total, 24-62 mm
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising of Prognathodon sp. tooth with root on a sandstone matrix. 168 grams, 10 cm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
