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LOT 2201
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
2 1/4 in. (28.8 grams, 56 mm).
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Florida, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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