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LOT 2772
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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