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LOT 2603
Large Fossil Ammonite Nodule
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 182-174 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (1.74 kg, 13.2 cm).
A rounded nodule half containing a large Eleganticeras sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Yorkshire coast.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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