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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]

Provenance

From 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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LOT 2624

Fossil Oreodont Skull

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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