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LOT 2257
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (109 grams. 93 mm).
Triangular tooth of Carcharocles megalodon displaying some good polished enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's father, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Shark Vertebrae and Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth Group
Jurassic-Pliocene Period, circa 190-2.5 million years B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a lamnoid-type vertebra with visible septa, the Otodus megalodon tooth with some good enamel and partial serrations. 72.5 grams total, 29-68 mm
From North Carolina, U.S.A. The tooth ex Little Gems Rock Shop, Norfolk, U.K. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a Little Gems Rock Shop card with handwritten identification for the Megalodon tooth. -
Natural History - Fossil Crab
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A rare Harpactocacinus punctatus crab on a matrix. 849 grams, 13.4 cm
From Verona, Italy. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Rib Bone
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A section of rib from the cave bear Ursus spelaeus. 50 grams, 15.6 cm
From Romania. Acquired during 1980s. From an old Bristol collection.
Ursus spelaeus became extinct at the beginning of the last glacial maximum, roughly 27,500 years ago.
