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LOT 2441
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Pair
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 - 2 3/4 in. (73.2 grams total, 61-69 mm).
Displaying some serrations and good enamel, from the Carcharocles megalodon shark. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Florida, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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LOT 2441
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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