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LOT 2549
Natural History - Large Desert Rose Gypsum Specimen Group [10]
2 1/8 - 2 5/8 in. (962 grams total, 53-67 mm).
Comprising ten rounded rose-like formations of flattened, radiating crystals. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2549
Natural History - Large Desert Rose Gypsum Specimen Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Fossil Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-95 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
From the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens, with good enamel and serrations. 3.73 grams, 37 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1980s. Old Bristol, UK, collection.
Bahariasaurus ingens was a mid-sized carnivore, and the teeth are different from Carcharodontosaurus in being thinner but having a thicker more triangular X-section. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. 108 grams, 87 mm
From Florida, USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
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Natural History - Huge Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. 626 grams, 15.8 cm (along edge)
Ex Fossils UK. From the private collection of a Lancashire gentleman.
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.
