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LOT 2820

Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite in Nodule

ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 510-445 MILLION YEARS B.P.

1 7/8 - 2 in. (105 grams total, 47-52 mm).

An opened nodule containing a Flexicalymene sp. specimen. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

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LOT 2820

Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite in Nodule

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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