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LOT 2371
Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite Nodule Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, 182-174 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 1/2 in. (709 grams total, 65-89 mm).
Comprising two opened nodules showing the negative and positive of Dactylioceras commune fossil. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found in near Cheltenham, UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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