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LOT 2391
Large Fossil Brittle Star Plate
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-443 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/8 in. (1.63 kg, 23.2 cm).
An irregular matrix with Ophiuroidea sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2391
Large Fossil Brittle Star Plate
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Euomphaloceras cunningtoni with prominent protrusions on all outer ribs, old inked collector's notes '209' and 'Euomphaloceras Cunningtoni ?'. 830 grams, 13 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
