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LOT 2926
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.
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