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LOT 2507
Fossil Shark Tooth and Fish Bone Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 6/8 - 4 3/8 in. (612 grams total, 95 - 111 mm).
Comprising three sandstone matrices containing Otodus obliquus, Mosasaur prognathodon, and other teeth and fish bone fragments. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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