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LOT 2524
Fossil Petraster Starfish
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (248 grams, 99 mm).
A complete Petraster sp. specimen on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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