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LOT 2772

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

FOSSIL FISH PALATE IN MATRIX
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (37.3 grams, 71 mm).

Likely from Phacodus punctatus. [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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