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LOT 2504
Fossil Sand Shark Teeth
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5/8 - 1 in. (50 grams total, 15-28 mm).
Comprising a large number of Otodus obliquus teeth. [66, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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