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LOT 2761
Large Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Nodule
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 - 4 in. (545 grams total, 9-10 cm).
Containing a Dactylioceras commune sp. specimen. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Yorkshire coast.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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