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LOT 2463
Fossil Nothofagus Ferns in Matrix
LOWER EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-48 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 in. (301 grams, 18 cm).
An irregular matrix with multiple Southern beech leaves. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Redbank Plains formation, Ebbw Vale, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
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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