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LOT 2424
Natural History - Fossil Starfish Group
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 4 3/4 in. (716 grams total, 7-12 cm).
Comprising four Petraster sp. specimens on matrices. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. 0.23 grams, 13 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying some good polished enamel. 53 grams, 69 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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 - British Promicroceras Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising four irregular matrices with Promicroceras planicosta fossils. 384 grams total, 57-85 mm
Found Charmouth, Dorset, England.
