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LOT 2743
Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Group
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 510-445 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 3/8 in. (3.3 kg, 24 cm).
A freestanding sandstone matrix with several fossilised trilobites.
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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