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LOT 2445
Fossil Mioplosus Fish in Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 in. (709 grams, 20.2 cm).
On a rectangular matrix and showing good detail on the spine and fins. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Green River formation, Wyoming, USA.
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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