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LOT 2624
Fossil Oreodont Skull
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (755 grams, 11.4 cm).
The upper front part of Merycoidodon culbertsoni oreodont fossil skull with teeth; inked collection number '85'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Dakota, USA.
Acquired from British Fossils, in May 1991.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM85; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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