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LOT 2453
Fossil Trilobite on Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-439 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 in. (68 grams, 52 mm).
On a rectangular matrix, showing good detail on the carapace. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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