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LOT 1909
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (110 grams, 92 mm).
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth with polished tooth enamel.
Provenance
From Georgia, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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