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LOT 2332
Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite Collection
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, 182-174 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 - 4 5/8 in. (648 grams, 7-11.8 cm).
Comprising four Dactylioceras commune sp. specimens in nodules. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Whitby, UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite on Matrix
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