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LOT 2535
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 7/8 in. (225 grams, 12.4 cm).
Triangular tooth from Carcharocles megalodon displaying some good polished enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of Mr G.B., Hampshire, UK.
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LOT 2535
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Natural History - British Promicroceras Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three examples on irregular matrices. 495 grams total, 7.2-11.8 cm
Found Charmouth, Dorset, England. -
Natural History - Fossil Fly
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
In a rounded sandstone matrix. 34.25 grams, 57 mm
From South West Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A negative impression of Diplomystus sp. specimen on a rectangular matrix. 441 grams, 15 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
