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LOT 2468
Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth
PLIOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 5.6 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (144 grams, 10 cm).
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with good polished tooth enamel. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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