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LOT 2723
Fossil Dinosaur Foot Print
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 220 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 7/8 in. (658 grams, 12.5 cm).
From a small theropod, showing clearly the three toes and footpad; pencilled note to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Wales, UK.
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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