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LOT 2484
Very Large Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark's Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 5.6 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/4 in. (351 grams, 14.5 cm).
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel.
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
FootnotesCarcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the 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.
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LOT 2484
Very Large Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark's Fossil Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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Cretaceous Period, circa 113-100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Showing prominent ribbing and some iridescence. 167 grams, 71 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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Paleozoic Era, Permian Age, circa 280,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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