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LOT 2831
Fossil Planorbina Gastropod Group
LATE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 37-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (474 grams, 10 cm).
Limestone matrix with Planorbina euomphalus embedded; flat-cut base with inked legend 'Headon Hill / Isle of Wight / 1974'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lattorfian, Headon Beds, Headon Hill, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, in 1974.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by a previous illustrated catalogue sheet with reference no.GAS470.
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