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LOT 2383
Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite Display
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (456 grams, 78 mm).
Comprising a large Dactylioceras sp. specimen with a smaller specimen to the side on a freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Illminster, UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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