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LOT 2818
Large Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Plate
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 in. (947 grams, 25.5 cm).
A circular composite plate composed of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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