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LOT 0455
Natural History - Fossil Wolf Skull in Matrix
LATE PLIOCENE-EARLY PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5.3 MILLION-60,000 YEARS B.P.
7 1/2 in. (1.28 kg, 19 cm).
The majority of Canis teilhardi skull in matrix with some other bone fragments.
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
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