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LOT 2739
North American and Other Fossil Collection
MAINLY CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
12 x 8 3/4 in. (79 grams total, 30.5 x 22.4 cm).
Group of twenty fossil sharks' teeth, each in a collector's card with window, inked catalogue number with notes relating to identification, findspot and dating; mounted in a vinyl sheet. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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