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LOT 2228
Natural History - Boxed Fossil Perisphinctes Ammonite Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 - 3 in. (369 grams total, 55-78 mm).
Comprising two large and one smaller Perisphinctids indogermanus ammonite. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2228
Natural History - Boxed Fossil Perisphinctes Ammonite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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