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LOT 2625
Fossil Heteromorph Ammonite
MESOZOIC ERA, CIRCA 252-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (84 grams, 70 mm).
An irregularly coiled ammonite, likely Ancyloceratina. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Agadir, Morocco, North Africa.
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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