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LOT 0446
Very Large Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth in Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS BP
20 1/2 in. (35.1 kg, 52 cm).
A huge montage of over fifty large fossil Otodus obliquus shark teeth, set recently on a matrix slab for display.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire collection; from Morocco.
From the Horton collection, UK.
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LOT 0446
Very Large Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth in Matrix
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Natural History - Fossil Starfish Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising four Petraster sp. specimens on matrices. 716 grams total, 7-12 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Leaf Group
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two matrices containing fossil leaves of the Salix sp. and a Betula sp. (birch) together with other partials. 385 grams total, 6-13.2 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), Uintah County, Utah, USA. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
Upper Palaeocene, Thanetian Stage, circa 56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
From Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark). 155 grams, 65 mm
From the Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection.
