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Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
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LOT 2502

Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.

3 1/8 in. (76.2 grams, 79 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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LOT 2502

Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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