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LOT 2819
Worked Fossilised Megalodon Tooth
EARLY PLIOCENE, CIRCA 5-2 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (293 grams, 11.5 cm).
Showing signs of being polished and with the tip cut at an angle, possibly used as a tool. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Recovered from the Hawthorn Formation, Broad River, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
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