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LOT 2409
Fossil Grasshopper Pair
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 108-92 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 3/4 in. (218 grams total, 77-97 mm).
Comprising two specimens on matrices. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Brazil.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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