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LOT 2453
Fossil Ammonite Cluster on Matrix
LOWER JURASSIC, CIRCA 199-190 MILLION YEARS B.P.
11 3/4 in. (5.12 kg total, 29 cm).
Containing small Cymbites, and other ammonites, the three larger specimens set on the matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Yorkshire coast.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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