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reference |
0355 |
name |
Carcharocles auriculatus (Classic rarity) |
age |
Pliocene, Red Crag (Derived Eocene deposit) |
size |
Size of tooth 55mm x 44mm |
location |
Walton on the Naze, Essex, UK |
weight |
37gms |
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description |
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This wonderful tooth has classic patina and wear to all it's surfaces. The shark it belonged to was a giant extinct whit shark called Megalodon which grew in excess of sixty feet in length!!This tooth belonged to a juvenile!! The specimen itself has beautiful 'Tigers eye' colouration and was discovered in the 1870's. This tooth resided in the collection of the late GORDON WALKDEN. An Eocene re-deposit. |
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