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LOT 2334
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 in. (2.8 grams, 22 mm).
A polished piece of amber containing insect and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Baltic region.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Unpolished Fossil Tree Branch Section Group [10]
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Showing some good bark detail and internal layering. 1.02 kg total, 39-60 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Huge Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Displaying attractive vertical banding in green, red and black. 19.2 kg, 35 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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.
