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LOT 2629
A Collection of Fossils
DEVONIAN-JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 417-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 6 1/8 in. (584 grams total, 7.4-15.5 cm).
Mixed group including Perisphinctids indogermanus ammonite, Goniatite and Orthoceras. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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