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LOT 2659
Atreipus Foot Print of a Dinosaur
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 220 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (555 grams, 14 cm).
From a theropod, possibly Anchisauripus, showing the three toes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Nell's Point, Barry Island, South Wales, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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