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LOT 2518
Cornuproetus Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 416-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 in. (131 grams, 57 mm).
Displaying the striking swept-back genal spines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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