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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.

Provenance

From a Cambridgeshire collection; from Morocco.
From the Horton collection, UK.

CONDITION
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LOT 2682

Very Large Matrix with Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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