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LOT 2522
Fossil Ammonite on Matrix
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (1.22 kg, 13 cm).
Large nodule with a fossilised Eleganticeras ammonite specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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