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LOT 2668
Fossil Sand Shark Teeth Display
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (42 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand).
Comprising seven Otodus obliquus teeth in a display frame. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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