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LOT 2480
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (82 grams, 87 mm).
Displaying some good polished tooth enamel, from Carcharocles megalodon. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Florida, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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