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LOT 2283
Fossil Ammonoid Group
TRIASSIC-JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 251-174 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 - 3 5/8 in. (502 grams total, 79-93 mm).
Comprising: a polished Goniatite from East Timor, Indonesia; a Perisphinctes ammonite. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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