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LOT 2690
Large Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 7/8 in. (1.37 kg, 17.5 cm).
Phacops sp. on a textured oval matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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