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LOT 1942
Natural History - Barrandeops Fossil Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (331 grams, 85 mm).
A fossil Morocops barrandeops sp. trilobite on a matrix. [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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