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LOT 2561
Fossil Ophiodienovum Fossil Snake Egg
EOCENE PERIOD, 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 in. (79 grams, 58 mm).
An ovoid Ophidia egg on an irregular matrix.
Provenance
From France.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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