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LOT 2527
Fossil Shrimps in Matrix Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 - 5 in. (434 grams total, 11.1-12.5 cm).
Comprising two matrices, each with a pair of Carpopenaeus sp. specimens. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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