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LOT 2733
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (64 grams, 72 mm).
From Carcharocles megalodon showing some serrations. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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