Large Fossil Trilobite Group in Matrix

DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.

11 3/8 in. (3.16 kg, 29 cm).

An assembled group set in a decorative matrix, including Hollardops sp. and Phacops sp. specimens. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2926