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LOT 2488
Fossil Diplomystus Fish
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (382 grams, 10 cm).
Diplomystus birdi sp. fossil fish on a matrix slab showing good detail to the spine and ribs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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