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LOT 2455
Natural History - Mastodon Fossil Tusk Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (79 grams, 89 mm).
Featuring a later carved stylised face in relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Pair
Miocene-Pliocene Period, 23-3.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying some serrations and tooth enamel, from the Carcharocles megalodon shark. 61 grams total, 51-57 mm
From Florida, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three polished specimens on a freestanding matrix. 1.2 kg, 18.5 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Basilosaurus Jaw Fragment
Eocene Period, 41-34 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising three teeth on a jaw fragment. 205 grams, 18.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Basilosaurus was a large predatory whale that hunted for sharks, large fish and other marine mammals.
