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LOT 2200
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (108 grams, 87 mm).
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Florida, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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LOT 2200
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Natural History - Fossil Bird Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two large fragments of hollow wading bird bones. 12.3 grams total, 75-79 mm
From the Rancho La Brea Formation, Maricopa Co., California, USA. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising various fish bone fragments including teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix. 496 grams total, 82-96 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Natural History - Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung; composed of biconical lapis lazuli beads. 5.69 grams, 43 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
