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LOT 2926
Fossil Megalodon Tooth
EARLY PLIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5-2 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (200 grams, 12.2 cm).
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with smoothed outer face, possibly used as a tool. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Discovered in the Hawthorn Formation, Broad River, Beaufort County, South Carolina in 2022.
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