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LOT 2438
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (66 grams, 76 mm).
Triangular tooth of Carcharocles megalodon displaying some good polished enamel and serrations to the edges. [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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Comprising purple amethyst from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; pyrite from Huanuco, Peru; specularite with quartz from Florence mine, Cumbria; each in a labelled specimen box. 421 grams total, 64-75 mm
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Natural History - Fossil Barasaur Reptile Skeletons
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Two rare Barasaurus besairiei skeletons on a matrix. 2 kg, 29.5 cm
From Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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