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LOT 2835
Fossil Whale Ear Bone
MIOCENE PERIOD, ANVERSIEN FORMATION, CIRCA 23-5.3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (128 grams, 76 mm).
Tympanic bone, originally forming part of the whale's hearing apparatus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Steepdrop, Vanderhoft, Belgium.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM28; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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