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LOT 2391
Fossil Ceratarges Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (190 grams, 79 mm).
Likely Ceratarges spinosus showing the distinctive protective spines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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