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LOT 3188
Two Large Otodus Extinct Shark's Fossil Teeth
EOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 53-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 2 1/4 in. (48 grams total, 54-57 mm).
Comprising two large Otodus obliquus teeth. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3188
Two Large Otodus Extinct Shark's Fossil Teeth
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookends
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pair of bookends carved from fossiliferous stone with raised Orthoceras specimens. 2.14 kg total, 12 cm high each
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Polished Baltic Amber with an Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with a small insect inclusion. 0.98 grams, 18 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth in Composite Jaws
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five teeth set in a sandstone matrix with jaw fragments. 883 grams, 17.7 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated 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.
