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LOT 2667
British Fossil Ammonite Display
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, 184.2-174.7 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (70 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand).
Comprising three hildoceratids fossils in a display frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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