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LOT 2551
Fossil Snake Egg in Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 in. (75 grams, 54 mm).
An ovoid Ophidia egg on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom France.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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