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LOT 2442
Fossil Knightia Alta Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 3/8 in. (198 grams total, 78-87 mm).
Comprising three rounded matrices, each with a Knightia alta specimen. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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