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LOT 2427
Natural History - Fossil Hybodus Shark Fin Spine Group
LOWER CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 95 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 - 5 in. (57 grams total, 7.9-12.7 cm).
Comprising three specimens. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Kem Kem Basin, Eastern Morocco, North Africa.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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