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LOT 2455
Natural History - Mastodon Fossil Tusk Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (79 grams, 89 mm).
Featuring a later carved stylised face in relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth Group
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UK collection since the 1990s. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With root, each tooth set in composite rock matrix. 1.3 kg total, 13.4-13.7 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
