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LOT 2437
Fossil Harpes Trilobite in Matrix
MIDDLE DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (475 grams, 99 mm).
With an ovate cephalon and an outer bilaminar brim extending posteriorly to long genal prolongations. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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