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LOT 2367
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark's Fossil Tooth
MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PERIOD, 23-3.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (214 grams, 10.5 cm).
With some good tooth enamel, from Carcharocles megalodon.
ProvenanceFrom Florida, USA.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R. Gledhill.
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