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LOT 2337

Fossil Brittle Star Plate

ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485.4-443.8 MILLION YEARS B.P.

7 1/2 in. (740 grams, 19 cm).

A rounded matrix containing a number of Ophiuroidea sp. specimens. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

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LOT 2337

Fossil Brittle Star Plate

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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