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LOT 2451
Fossil Elrathia Trilobite Group
MIDDLE CAMBRIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 500 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 - 4 1/8 in. (170 grams total, 8.1-10.5 cm).
Comprising two Elrathia kingii specimens on irregular matrices. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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