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LOT 2051
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (155 grams, 10.6 cm).
With concave inner face, displaying smooth enamel and serrated edges; from Carcharocles megalodon. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx J. Shaul collection.
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LOT 2051
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.8 kg, 35.5 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Marine Dinosaur Tooth Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a pair of Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth; supplied in a custom display frame. 55 grams total, 13 cm high including case
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: anhydrate drilled core from Bahrain; an iridescent blue bornite; a rectangular cut wulfenite specimen; drilled calcite core; a polished red jasper slab found near Dunnotar Castle beach, Scotland in 1986; azurite; native copper; iridescent green bornite; a brown mica specimen. 1.97 kg total, 40-94 mm
Collected in person from 1966-1986. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
