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LOT 2591
Fossil Crocodile Egg
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (398 grams, 13.2 cm).
Crocodilienovum major crocodile egg on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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