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LOT 2512
Fossil Ammonite Cluster
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, 174-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (457 grams, 11.1 cm).
Comprising a number of overlapping semicelatum ammonites in layers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Germany.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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