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LOT 2343
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (455 grams, 10.9 cm).
With good enamel; on a sandstone matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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