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LOT 2096
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 in. (90 grams, 74 mm).
From Carcharocles megalodon, displaying some very good polished tooth enamel.
ProvenanceFrom Florida, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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