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LOT 2489
Natural History - Large Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 54 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (63 grams, 90 mm).
A large Otodus obliquus tooth from the front of a mouth in a matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old German paleontological collection.
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