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LOT 2418
Australian Fossil Insect Cocoon Pair
HOLOCENE PERIOD, FROM 11,700 B.P.
2 - 2 1/4 in. (121 grams total, 53-57 mm).
Two insect cocoons from Leptopius duponti, each with a characteristic opening. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Australia.
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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