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LOT 2337
Fossil Crotalocephaline Trilobite in Matrix
MIDDLE DEVONIAN, CIRCA 380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (219 grams, 93 mm).
Crotalocephaline gibbus on a matrix showing characteristic sharp pygidial spines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Fossil Ceratarges Trilobite
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Fossil Shrimp in Matrix Group
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Comprising three matrices, one with a single specimen, one with two, and the third matrix with two complete and one partial specimen. 475 grams total, 6.6-10 cm
From Colarado, USA. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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