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LOT 2374
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 in. (29.8 grams, 57 mm).
Displaying serrations and polished enamel, from the Carcharocles megalodon shark. [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 2374
Natural History - Juvenile Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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