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LOT 2559
Fossil Whale Ear Bone
MIOCENE PERIOD, CHOPTANK FORMATION, CIRCA 23-5.3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (153 grams, 86 mm).
Tympanic bone from the inner ear of a whale. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Westmore Park, Virginia, USA.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM20; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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