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LOT 2788
Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-439 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (302 grams, 11.3 cm).
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail in the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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