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LOT 2309
Large Woolly Mammoth Tooth
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
9 7/8 in. (2.39 kg, 25 cm).
From Mammuthus Primigenius, showing root and interlocking vertical plates.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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British Unidentified Fossil Fish in Matrix
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