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LOT 2495
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (121 grams, 71 mm).
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a pair of Prognathodon sp. teeth with roots on an matrix. 863 grams total, 12-13 cm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Triangular tooth of Carcharocles megalodon displaying some good polished enamel. 109 grams. 93 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
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Natural History - Tiger's Eye, Red Jasper and Agate Polished Block Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three specimens, each with at least one polished face. 938 grams total, 7.1-10.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
