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LOT 2497
Fossil Ammonite Cluster Nodule
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/8 in. (1.11 kg, 13.6 cm).
A rounded nodule half containing a number of Eleganticeras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Yorkshire coast.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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