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LOT 2477
Fossil Dinosaur Footprint
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (509 grams, 17 cm).
Flat irregular plaque of sedimentary rock with footprint. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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