SET OF THREE FOSSIL TEETH OF SAND TIGER SHARK - 55 million years old - Herne Bay, Kent
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SHARK (SET OF THREE)
Paleohypotodus rutoti
Upnor Formation
Herne Bay, Kent
55 million years old (Palaeocene epoch)
Three beautifully preserved fossilised sharks teeth in a plastic display box.
A shark has jaws packed with a frightening array of teeth. The teeth are only loosely attached to the jaw and often fall out to be preserved in the mud on the sea floor.
These fossils were collected in the 1980s from rocks exposed on the foreshore at Herne Bay on the north coast of Kent.
Three beautifully preserved fossilised sharks teeth in a plastic display box.
A shark has jaws packed with a frightening array of teeth. The teeth are only loosely attached to the jaw and often fall out to be preserved in the mud on the sea floor.
These fossils were collected in the 1980s from rocks exposed on the foreshore at Herne Bay on the north coast of Kent.
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Size: approx. 7 x 4.5 x 2 centimetres (size of box)
Weight: 21 grams (weight of box)