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LOT 2447
Fossil Fern in Matrix
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 228-208 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 in. (91 grams, 95 mm).
Thinnfeldia talgarbarensis showing two branching leaves on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Blackstone formation, Dinmore Quarry, Queensland, Australia.
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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