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LOT 0387
Natural History - British Asteroceras Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 202-201 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 in. (2 kg, 18 cm).
Displayed in a free-standing matrix; from the Frodingham Ironstone Member.
ProvenanceFrom the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK.
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