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LOT 2550
Fossil Crinoid Plate
SILURIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 445-416 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 in. (2.1 kg, 25.5 cm).
Comprising Scyphocrinus elegans specimen and remains of another one with multiple stalk sections visible. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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