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LOT 2241
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Plate
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 305 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/4 in. (128 grams, 14.7 cm).
Alethopteris and Neruopteris sp. fern specimens on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - British Xiphoceras Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a large Xipheroceras drudrieseri on an irregular matrix. 206 grams, 62 mm
Found Charmouth, Dorset, England. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 360 grams total, 11.3-11.5 cm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Miocene Period, circa 2 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
From Carcharocles megalodon, displaying good polished enamel and sharp serrations; with information card including provenance to verso. 172 grams, 10.3 cm
From Aurora, Beaufont County, North Carolina, USA. Ex Fossils UK. From the private collection of a Lancashire gentleman.
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.
