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LOT 2539

Fossil Prionolepis Fish

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100 MILLION YEARS B.P.

8 5/8 in. (552 grams, 22 cm).

Middle-sized fish of slender shape, a pointed snout and a forked caudal fin; traces of its last meal, a whole fish, in its stomach.

Provenance

From Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

CONDITION
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LOT 2539

Fossil Prionolepis Fish

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

Current bid: £270 +BP*
(2 Bids, Reserve met)

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(2 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £270

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