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LOT 2178
Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
UPPER PALAEOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (254 grams, 85 mm).
From Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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