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LOT 1763
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (160 grams, 10.7 cm).
Carcharocles megalodon displaying some good polished enamel.
Provenance
From Florida, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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