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LOT 2488
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
25 1/4 in. (196 grams, 64 cm long).
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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LOT 2488
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
From Carcharocles megalodon, an extinct genus of world's largest shark, displaying some good enamel and sharp serrated edges. 423 grams, 13.5 cm
Found by scuba divers, May River, South Carolina, USA.
Carcharodon 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. -
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and showing the dividing gas chambers; freestanding. 534 grams, 11.8 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Polished Kambaba Orbicular Bacteria Jasper Palm Stone
Circa 3 billion years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Also known as crocodile jasper, polished to an egg-shaped specimen with attractive surfaces. 128 grams total, 60 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Bristol, UK, collection.
This stromatolite formed in shallow waters from the build up of a group of cyanobacteria. It is also known as blue-green algae and their fossil record dates back almost three and a half billion years.
