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LOT 1903
Natural History - Dwarf Hippopotamus Molar Tooth
HOLOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 10,000 YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (61.2 grams, 65 mm).
A fossil dwarf hippopotamus Hippopotamus lemerlei molar tooth. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Southern Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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