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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.
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2539
Fossil Prionolepis Fish
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Fossil Prionolepis Fish
Cretaceous Period, circa 100 million years B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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. 552 grams, 22 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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