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LOT 2200
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (108 grams, 87 mm).
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Florida, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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