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LOT 2367
Fossil Ammonite Cluster
LOWER JURASSIC, CIRCA 199-190 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (512 grams, 12.5 cm).
An irregular matrix containing Arnioceras sp. (?) and Cymbite ammonites. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Yorkshire coast.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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