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LOT 2486
Natural History - Fossil Basilosaurus Jaw Fragment
EOCENE PERIOD, 41-34 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 1/4 in. (205 grams, 18.5 cm).
Comprising three teeth on a jaw fragment.
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
Basilosaurus was a large predatory whale that hunted for sharks, large fish and other marine mammals.
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