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LOT 2423
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Pair
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 - 2 1/4 in. (61 grams total, 51-57 mm).
Displaying some serrations and tooth enamel, from the Carcharocles megalodon shark. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Florida, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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LOT 2423
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Natural History - Fossil Rainbow Shell Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Displaying iridescence, possibly Beudanticeras sp. 200 grams, 91 mm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Ray-Finned Enchodus Jaw
Cretaceous Period, 67-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The fossilised remains of a Enchodus sp. ray-finned fish jaw, including a number of slender teeth; in an oblong matrix retaining its plaster field jacket. 3.7 kg, 40 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Enchodus is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned fish related to lancetfish and lizardfish. -
Natural History - Fossil Priscacara Fish
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £140
On a rectangular matrix. 259 grams, 17.5 cm
Fine condition.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.