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LOT 2652
Large Fossil Ammonite Cluster Nodule
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, 184.2-174.7 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 in. (2.13 kg, 15.3 cm).
A spherical half of a nodule containing Eleganticeras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Yorkshire coast.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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