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LOT 2345
Fossil Shrimp in Matrix Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 4 in. (475 grams total, 6.6-10 cm).
Comprising three matrices, one with a single specimen, one with two, and the third matrix with two complete and one partial specimen. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Colarado, USA.
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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