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LOT 0398
Detailed Fossil Ammonite Display
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN, CIRCA 184.2-174.7 MILLION YEARS B.P.
25 3/8 in. (50.1 kg, 64.5 cm).
An impressive freestanding structure containing scallop and belemnite fossils, as well as Hammatoceras and Grammoceras sp. ammonites showing strong ribbing, the largest specimen measuring 23 cm in diameter. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Science & Natural History, South Kensington, 27 April 2017, no.27.
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