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LOT 2521
Fossil Double Shrimp in Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (248 grams, 12.6 cm).
Showing two Carpopenaeus sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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