| Category: | Post-auction sale - Antiques and collector objects |
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| Position: | Id: 26868287 · Catalog number: 06-05254 · Ware in house 2 |
| Price: | 469,- € |
| Beschreibung | Authentic, large prehistoric shark tooth, "Carcharocles megalodon, Indonesia, Cialong, West Java, approx. 16-20 million years old, Neogene Miocene, high-quality megalodon tooth with good tip, serrations and tooth enamel, aesthetically beautiful tooth in matrix, browniridescent coloring and golden so-called bourlette, teeth from Indonesia are rarer thanfrom the USA and are characterized by an unusual play of colors and filigree preserved teeth; they come from deposits that were closed a long time ago, approx. 10.8x8.5x2 cm,approx. 100g, good fluting and razor-sharp tooth edges, collectible and museum-worthy Megalodon, which means large tooth, is an extinct one Mackerel shark species that lived about 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya) from the early Miocene to the Pliocene |
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