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LOT 2745
Group of Three Otodus Fossil Shark's Teeth on Rock
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 1/8 in. (658 grams total, 78-82 mm).
Comprising three Otodus obliquus teeth set on individual sandstone matrices. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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