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LOT 2682
Very Large Matrix with Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS BP
20 1/2 in. (35.1 kg, 52 cm).
A huge montage of over fifty large fossil Otodus obliquus shark teeth, set recently in a matrix.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire collection; from Morocco.
From the Horton collection, UK.
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Natural History - Mixed Historic Fossil Collection
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