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LOT 1761

Natural History - Fossil Shark Vertebra Group

UPPER PALAEOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56 MILLION YEARS B.P.

2 1/2 - 3 in. (302 grams total, 63-77 mm).

Comprising two Otodus obliquus, Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark) vertebrae. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection.

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LOT 1761

Natural History - Fossil Shark Vertebra Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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