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LOT 2229
Natural History - Mixed Seashell Collection
1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (747 grams total, 1.2-11.1 cm).
Comprising a large group of attractive seashells in a variety of colours and types, including a number of small spiral gastropod shells. [129, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Plate
Ordovician Period, 485-443 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
The mortality plate comprising fifteen variously sized Flexicalymene specimens. 2.78 kg, 25 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a large Otodus obliquus tooth; supplied in a display frame. 28.3 grams, 60 mm (64 grams total, 13 cm high including case)
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying good polished enamel. 123 grams, 97 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Carcharocles megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
