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LOT 2626
North American and Other Fossil Collection
MAINLY CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (62 grams total, 24.5 x 22.5 cm).
Group of fourteen fossil teeth and other parts, each in a collector's card with window, inked catalogue number with notes relating to identification, findspot and dating; mounted in a vinyl sheet. [14, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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