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LOT 2329
Fossil Petraster Starfish
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (550 grams, 12.1 cm).
An irregular matrix with a single Petraster sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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