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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 - Polished Ammonite Group
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three freestanding specimens. 347 grams total, 73 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ichthyosaurus Vertical Vertebra Section
Jurassic Period, 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Displaying one polished face containing vertebra section. 624 grams, 18.4 cm
From Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK. Ex UK collection.
Ichthyosaurs (from the Greek, meaning 'fish lizard') are extinct marine reptiles which resembled modern dolphins in appearance; the first complete UK specimen was found by the famous fossil hunter Mary Anning (1799-1847 AD) when she was just 12 years of age; the fossil she found is now in the Natural History Museum, London. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Of three teeth from Prognathodon sp., mosasaur specialised in eating tough shelled prey. 27.2 grams, 33-45 mm
UK collection since the 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
