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LOT 2661
Fossil Orthoceras Nautilus
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (159 grams, 11.2 cm).
Comprising a section of the siphuncle with visible dividing septa lines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
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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