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LOT 2735
Fossil Platyostoma Gastropod on Matrix
SILURIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 430 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (242 grams, 92 mm).
Platyostoma niagarensis set on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Hunstanton, UK.
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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