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LOT 2521
Dicranurus Monstrosus Composite Fossil Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (666 grams, 12.8 cm).
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus odontopleurid trilobites; some restoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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