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LOT 2384
Fossil Mosquito and Grasshopper in Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 108-92 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 in. (170 grams total, 73-76 mm).
Each on a limestone matrix. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Crato formation, Brazil.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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