Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 1948
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Group
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 1/4 in. (48.7 grams total, 47-56 mm).
A pair of juvenile Carcharocles megalodon shark teeth with some serration. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Florida, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
VETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 1948
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
RELATED LOTS
-
Natural History - Chalcedony Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
A blue chalcedony mineral specimen showing 'veined' layers. 148 grams, 74 mm
From Ysterputs Mine, Noordoewer / Reg, Karas, Namibia. Private collection, Munster, Germany. -
Natural History - Rastellum Fossil Bivalve
Jurassic Period, circa 155 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A Rastellum carinatum fossil bivalve; held in a card collector's tray. 105 grams, 61 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Rastellum carinatum specimens have wide, angled ribs that have led to it being called the 'denture clam'; the zig-zag join between the two shells stopped coarse dirt and debris entering the shell and damaging its soft body. Like modern oysters, it lived in shallow coastal waters including the interstitial zone and fed on food particles that it filtered out of the sea water. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bead Necklace
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £163
A string of bone beads from the woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. 157 grams, 71 cm long
Acquired 1980s. London, UK, collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
