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LOT 2554
Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth on Matrix Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (893 grams total, 84-90 mm).
Comprising three Otodus obliquus teeth set on individual matrices. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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