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LOT 2522
Natural History - Barrandei Fossil Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (108 grams, 81 mm).
Metacanthina barrandei on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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