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LOT 2420
Fossil Bivalve Display
PROBABLY CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 93-89 MILLION YEARS B.P.
12 3/4 in. (5.28 kg, 32.2 cm).
A matrix containing a bivalve and single ammonite. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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