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LOT 2905
Fossil Fern in Opened Nodule
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 7/8 - 4 in. (218 grams total, 9.8-10.2 cm).
An opened oval nodule displaying the positive and negative of the fern fossil. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
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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