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LOT 2932
Fossil Velifer Fish in Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (277 grams, 11 cm).
Aipichthys velifer in a rectangular matrix with a small knightia alta specimen above. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Hajoula, Lebanon.
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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