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LOT 2653
Double Fossil Shrimp Plate
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (144 grams, 11 cm).
Sandstone matrix with two Carpopenaeus sp. specimens, the larger one partial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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