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LOT 2557
Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Display
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (5 1/8 in.) (28.3 grams, 60 mm (64 grams total, 13 cm high including case)).
Comprising a large Otodus obliquus tooth; supplied in a display frame. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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