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LOT 2470
Fossil Sapindopsis Plant Leaves
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 in. (426 grams, 203 mm).
Comprising two joined leaves from an extinct genus Sapindopsis, related to modern Platanaceae family. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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