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LOT 2480
Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Cluster
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 in. (2117 grams, 230 mm).
A mortality plate showing a cluster of Flexicalymene sp. trilobites.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.