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LOT 2557
Fossil Procerites Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, BAJOCIAN, CIRCA 170-168 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 in. (316 grams, 10.7 cm).
Showing fine ribbing and typical shallow whirls, an inked collector's number '293'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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