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LOT 2786
Large Fossil Trilobite on Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 in. (812 grams, 10.4 cm).
Displaying well-defined ribs to the carapace, and good detail to the head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Hunstanton, Indiana, USA.
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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